Archive: Confused Words

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Poisonous or Venomous

Gary17/04/2025

Poisonous if you eat it. Venomous if it bites you.

Gary17/04/2025

Politics is the activity. Politician is the person.

Gary17/04/2025

You always take a photo.

Gary17/04/2025

Personal is for one person. Personnel are the people in an organisation.

Gary17/04/2025

Three words with different uses.

Gary17/04/2025

PC and Apple talk about completely different things.

Gary17/04/2025

A passer-by goes past a place. A runner-up finishes second.

Gary17/04/2025

Particularly is to highlight. Specifically is to talk clearly.

Gary17/04/2025

Paraphrase is to repeat. Summarise is to highlight.

Gary16/04/2025

Or is positive. Nor is negative.