Word Confusion: Channel vs Dyke vs Rill
All three are bodies of water but only the channel is completely natural. A dyke is always man-made while a rill can go either way in this Word Confusion from KD Did it.
All three are bodies of water but only the channel is completely natural. A dyke is always man-made while a rill can go either way in this Word Confusion from KD Did it.
Cognitive Linguistics is the combination of one’s culture and its grammar in this Linguistics post from KD Did It.
Any arroyo, coulee, wadi, or wash can be devastating when it’s raining in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Geographically, the ocean and the sea are different until it comes to the more common uses in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
It’s all about the artificial containment of water from a canal giving access from one body of water to another to a moat providing a surround of protection to an impoundment that creates a reservoir in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
The need to write is predominant in writers, predominating their very lives in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
The American backward is both adjective and adverb while the British backwards is an adverb in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
A tic is a movement or behavior while a tick can range from that nasty, biting insect to a mattress to a clock to ticking things off in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
A euphemism is a more polite synonym in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
A simple distinction with anile referring to an old woman and senile referring to an old man — and all the ills of old age that accompany either sex in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.