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 – 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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