Similar words Different meanings are an exploration of the different connotations that certain words can have, even when the words themselves are very similar. It looks into the various ways in which the same words can have different implications depending on context, and how people can use language to shape the meaning of words.

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Same Words With Different Meanings

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Militate – Mitigate

Militate - Mitigate - Similar words Different meanings

  • Militate –  Powerful factor in prevention
  • Mitigate – Make less severe

Palate – Palette

  • Palate – Roof of the mouth
  • Palette – Board for mixing colors

Pour – Pore

  • Pour – Flow or transfer a liquid
  • Pore – Tiny opening or study intently

Practice – Practise

  • Practice – Performance of an activity or skill
  • Practise – Gain skill by repetition

Prescribe – Proscribe

  • Prescribe – To recommend
  • Proscribe – Officially forbid something

Principal – Principle

  • Principal – Head of  school or most important
  • Principle – Fundamental rule or belief

Stationary – Stationery

  • Stationary – Not moving
  • Stationary – Writing materials

Storey – Story

  • Storey – Flore of a building
  • Story – Tale or Account

Than – Then

  • Than – Introduce an element for comparison
  • Then –   At that time

There – Their

  • There – In, at, or to that place or position
  • Their – Belongs to or associated

To – Too

  • To – Express motion or in the direction of
  • Too – In addition or to a higher degree

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