Word Confusion: Winter vs Wintery / Wintry vs Winterly
’Tis in the winter that those winterly blasts scour through your bones and leave you feeling too wintry in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Category: Word Confusions
Word Confusion: Indian vs indigenous vs Native American
Indians live in India. Indigenous refers to people native to the area while indigenous refers to the native flora and fauna. Native Americans are the people who were in North America BEFORE the invasion of white people in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Could Care Less vs Couldn’t Care Less
I could care less that you couldn’t care less in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Jackass versus Wiseass
A jackass is both animal and foolish person while a wiseass is only a person who happens to be a smart aleck in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Facetious versus Fastidious
Writers will want to remember that the fastidious are picky while the facetious are usually inappropriately funny in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Dominant versus Dominate
Many of us want to be dominant in a dominating marketplace in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Poison versus Toxin
Poisons and toxins both kill. The difference is that poison is produced while toxins are organic in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Exsanguinate versus Exterminate
If you exsanguinate, you’ll bleed out. If you exterminate, you’ll destroy, hopefully, a bunch of bugs, in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Salon versus Saloon
Many of us regularly go to a salon — during the day while a saloon is generally patronized in the evenings in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Newsletter versus Newspaper
A newsletter is more infrequent and targets a specific audience while a newspaper is daily or weekly with a more general audience in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.