Word Confusion: Euphemism versus Synonym
A euphemism is a more polite synonym in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Category: Writing
Word Confusion: Anile versus Senile
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.
Word Confusion: Hieroglyph vs Petroglyph vs Pictograph
Hieroglyphs are a combination of petroglyph and pictograph written onto a monument wall while petroglyphs are carved onto rock and pictographs had been painted onto rock in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Amused versus Amusing
It’s the difference between amusing people by being entertaining and being amused by being entertained in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: All of a Sudden vs All of the Sudden
Of all of the sudden choices I could make — note that the emphasis becomes the sudden choices when using the — it came to what was at the top of the list, all of a sudden, in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Youth versus Youths
A youth can be a generic reference to young people everywhere or to a single young man. Youths obviously means more than one person and can include females, and yet it usually refers to multiple young men in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Glamor versus Glamour
Most of us like to glamour up for a party or hope to glamor someone into liking us in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Access versus Accession
Access gains entry to something while accession is primarily about recording the acquisition of something . . . or attaining a higher rank in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Speak versus Talk
To speak or to talk is to say something in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Jam vs Jelly vs Preserves
Thinking of the clarity and spreadability of jelly thickening into the more flavorful mashed fruity jam to those chunky preserves in this Word Confusion from KD Did It is making me hungry.