by Wordpandit | Jun 11, 2012 | Usage Tips |
These are two words with rhyming pronunciations but that is where the similarity ends. A delusion is a wrong belief regarded as from the point of view of the person holding it( and has special uses in psychiatry, as in delusions of grandeur). For example: She has...
by Wordpandit | Jun 11, 2012 | Usage Tips |
In an archaic sense, Dudgeon is used to refer to a kind of wood used to make knife handles. This usage of the word no longer finds favor, and the words in now used (though rarely) to refer to someone is a bad mood. Dungeons, on the other hand, have all been seen by us...
by Wordpandit | Jun 11, 2012 | Usage Tips |
This is one difference that is explained almost all over the internet. We can that its presence is not all that discrete or should be say discreet? One of these words refers to secrecy and prudence, the other refers to distinct and separate entities. Both these words...
by Wordpandit | Jun 11, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Two words that differ in their spelling by a single letter. How did this difference come about? We need to dig into the origin of these words to explore the difference: Expand originated from the Latin word expandere which means to spread out. Expend originated from...
by Wordpandit | Jun 11, 2012 | Usage Tips |
This is a traditional difference which is at times lost out in modern usage. Descendant, used as a noun, refers to someone who descends from someone else. Descendent, on the other hand, refers to the act of moving downward. Descendent is a word that is used in place...
