Commonly Confused Words Flashcards
Borrow
To take something from another person, knowing you will give it back to them
Lend
To give something to another person expecting to get it back.
Dead
Adjective
Died
Past tense of the verb die
Death
Noun
Earn vs. win
Win: refers to competition
Earn: implies effort
Fun vs. funny
Fun: anything enjoyable
Funny: things that are humorous and make us laugh/strange, unexplainable, unexpected.
Teach vs. learn
Teach: to give knowledge to somebody else
Learn: to remember the information/to acquire a skill
Leave vs. let
Leave: to go away from a place or person.
Let: to permit someone or something to do something.
Like vs. as
Like: used as a preposition, telling where, when or how the noun in the sentence is doing whatever it may be doing.
As: used as a conjunction, joining two clauses.
Live vs. experienced
Live: vivre
Experienced: expérience de vie
Live vs. leave
Live: the act of living
Leave: to physically move away from something or someone.
Lose vs. loss vs. loose
Lose: failing to win or hold onto something
Loss: (noun) the fact of losing something/someone
Loose: (may be adjective) not tight, not securely attached
Leave vs. quit
Leave: go away from a place/stop doing something
Quit: to resign
Really vs. very
Really: used when you want to express strong feeling, emphasize truth, or express surprise
Very: used when you want to describe the degree or intensity of something (cannot describes a verb)
