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More similar sounding words with different meaning
Use of English
Admin Admin
19-02-2016 05:39:00 +0000Below are a set of words that appear commonly in the JAMB use-of-English. Often times the test makers try to confuse students by using words with similar sounds in the wrong way to see if you can detect the problem. Below are some word pairs that are similar-sounding but have different meanings.
Can you explain how these words pairs differ?
1) circumspect vs circumvent
2) collusion vs collision
3) competent vs competing
4) comprise vs compromise
5) concerned vs concerted
6) conscientious vs conscious
7) consist vs consistently
8) contemplate vs contemporary
9) contracted vs contradicted
10) convict vs convince
11) credible vs creditable
12) carefree vs careless
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Hafsat Ringim
collision is when two or more bodies come in contact with each other
0 19-02-2016 12:47:00 +0000
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Adebayo Olalekan
consist is to made up for While consistently is something you repeat always
0 20-02-2016 06:37:00 +0000
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Abakpa Okopi Stephen
1 circumspect is heedful of potential while circumvent is beat through cleverness. 2 collusion is secret agreement while collision is a conflict of opposed ideas. 3 competent is being properly while competing is to seek.4comprise is to be composed of, while compromise is settled by concession.
0 20-02-2016 07:00:00 +0000
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mina georgewill
circumspect: to think carefully before doing something then circumvent: to find a way of avoiding a difficulty
0 26-02-2016 08:14:00 +0000
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mina georgewill
collusion: a secret agreement mostly used for dishonest agreement while collision is when two things crash into each other
0 26-02-2016 08:17:00 +0000
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mina georgewill
competent synonym of capable competing is struggle to be better than others
0 26-02-2016 08:18:00 +0000
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