WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED

                                                             OFTEN CONFUSED WORDS

 

 

1)Accept, Except

  I accepted his invitation.

 All,except ram,were present here

2)Assent, Ascent.

  His father has given his assent to the marriage(Agreement)

  The ascent of this his is very difficult.

3)Access, Excess.

  I cannot find a job because I have no access to a big officer.(approach)

  He drinks too excess(too much)

4)Alter, Altar

   I am powerless to alter the state of affirs(change)

   He laid flowers at the alter(The place where offerings are laid in church or temple)

5)Amiable, Amicable

  His friend is an amiable person(lovable)

  Lets settle our despute in an amicable way(Friendly)

6)Artisan, Artist

  Artisans get better wage than labourers.(Craftman )

He is a great artist.(A painter,poet…)

7)Bail. Bale

  He was arrested ,but was released on bail.(surety)

  The shopkeeper has imported a hundred bales of cloths.(bundle)

8)Beach, Beech.

  Last Sunday we went on a beach(seashore)

  Do beech trees grow in deserts?

8)Bear, Bare

 The poor has to bear all sort of hardships.(put up with)

In the forest we saw  a bare(a wilf animal)

The baggers feet ware bare(uncovered)

9)Childish, childlike

  My uncle is found of childish games(silly)

He was childlike all his life(simple.innocent and trustful)

10)Council,Counsel.

The staff council of college has taken some important decisions.

The old man give us much counsel(Advice)

Who is defence councel in this case?(lawyer)

11)Credible,Credulous,Creditable,

  The statement of this witness is not credible.(believable)

Villagers are very credulous(believing things easily)

His success is very creditable(praiseworthy)

12)Course, Coarse

 We finished our course two months before our examin5ation.

He wore a shirt made of coarse cloth.(rough)

13)Corpse, Corps.

 The corpse was removed to the police station.(dead body)

The corps were won over the country (a division of army)

14)Desert, Dessert.

  The camel is the ship of the desert.

For dessert we have fruit ice cream(some sweet or fruit dish served at the end of dinner)