Confusing words in English! here are some most common confusing words in English. allusion/illusion, break/brake, cast/caste, amiable/amicable, artist/artisan.
Confusing words in English
- Artist
(one who practices fine)
He is a great artist in painting.
Artisan
(a mechanic)
A carpenter is an artisan.
- Amiable
(worthy of love)
His manners are very amiable.
Amicable
( friendly)
They came to an amicable settlement.
- Allusion
(reference)
He does not like people to make any allusion to his lameness.
Illusion
( a false idea )
The Sufis believe that this world is only illusion.
- Altar
( a place of worship or sacrifice)
They thought the cow to the altar.
Alter
( to change)
If you do not alter your ways you will never succeed.
- Affect
(to produced an effect)
The hot weather affected his health.
Effect
( result)
The advised had no effect on him.
- Advice
( noun)
He did not act upon my adviced and failed.
Advise
(verb)
I advised him to take regular exercise.
- Adapt
(to make fit)
Adapt yourself to your circumstances.
Adept
(thoroughly proficient)
She is very adept in singing.
Adopt
Do not adopt unfair means in the examination.
- Access
(approach)
Khalid has no access to the principle.
Excess
(more than enough)
Excess of everything is bad.
- Accept
(to receive)
Hellen did not accept my proposal.
Except
(save, to leave out)
All except sher Muhammad were present.
- Childlike
(innocent like a child)
I love him for his childlike habits.
Must Learn: Idioms
List 1
- Cemetery
(a burial place)
He was buried in the cemetery outside the city.
Symmetry
(harmony)
There is no symmetry in this building.
- Cast
(to throw)
The fisherman cast his net into water.
Caste
(a social class)
Mr. Raiz is syed by caste.
Cost
(value)
What did this cap cost you?
- Canvas
(a rough cloth)
He bought a pair of canvas shoes.
Canvass
(to ask for vote)
He will canvass for our candidates.
- Cannon
(a big gun or guns)
Cannon are used in the war.
Canon
(principle,law)
He acted against all canons of morality.
- Calender
(to press the cloth)
Calender the cloth to make it glossy.
Calendar
(list of the days, weeks and month)
He hung the calendar on the wall.
- Bridal
(relating to a wedding)
She looked very beautiful in her bridal.
Bridle
(head-harness for horse)
You cannot control a horse without a bridle.
- Break
(to smash to piece)
He fell and broke his leg.
Brake
(an instrument to stop)
Your cycle has no brakes.
- Born
(to take birth)
He was born in Dera ghazi khan.
Borne
(3rd form of bear)
He has borne all the difficulties.
- Beside
(by the side of)
His house is besides the river.
Besides
(in addition , moreover)
Besides this money, I have nothing else.
- Berth
(a sleeping place in railway carriage or ship)
Please got a berth reserved for me.
Birth
(coming into life)
I congratulate you on the birth of your child.
List 2
- Beneficent
(kind)
God is beneficent to his creatures.
Beneficial
(useful)
Fresh air and sunshine are very beneficial to children.
- Continuous
(without end)
Continuous rain did not allow us to go out.
Continual
(with intervals)
Last year, continual rains troubled us much.
- Compliment
(an expression of regard)
We should pay complement to this book.
Complement
(that which completes)
These pages are a complement to this book.
- Cold
(cool)
A cold wind was blowing.
Cool
( cold)
A cool breeze was blowing in the morning.
- Cloth
(material made by weaving)
His father deals in cloth.
Clothe
(to cover, covering for the body)
He put on his clothes and went away.
- Climate
(the average condition of the weather)
The climate of dera ghazi khan is hot.
Weather
( the state of atmosphere at particular time)
Today, the weather is very fine.
- Cite
(to quote )
He cited a verse from the Holy Quran.
Site
(a place)
This will be a good site for building.
Sight
(scene)
Swat is famous for its lovely sights.
- Capable
(able to understand)
Khalid is capable young man.
Capacious
(vast, extensive )
Our college is not very capacious.
- Conscious
(knowing, aware of)
Hameed was not conscious of my presence in the room.
Conscientious
(honest , who works according to his conscience)
He is a conscientious teacher.
- Confident
(full of confidence)
She was confident of her success.
Confidant
( one to whom we confide our secrets)
He is my confidant and knows everything about me.
3 list
- Council
(meeting group of important person)
The matter will be decided by council.
Counsel
(advice)
He refused to accept my counsel.
- Corporal
(bodily)
Corporal punishment is not allowed in colleges.
Corporeal
(having a body)
God is not a corporeal being.
- Corpse
(dead body)
The people carried the corpse to graveyard.
Corpse
(a separate department of an army)
He was granted commission in the education corpse of army.
- Credible
(that can believed)
Your story is not credible.
Creditable
(that brings honour and praise)
His services are very creditable.
- Custom
(that which is usually done)
Social customs vary in different parts of the world.
Habit
(settled practice of a person)
Smoking is a bad habit.
- Dairy
(where milk and cream are sold)
We buy milk from dairy form.
Diary
(a book in which daily record is kept)
Yesterday, I lost my diary.
- Dependent
(depending on others)
Children are usually dependent on their parents.
Dependant
(a person who depend on others)
I have so many dependants to look after.
- Envious
(full of envy)
Do not be envious of others good fortune.
Enviable
(arousing envy)
He enjoys an enviable.
- Eminent
(of high position)
He is an eminent professor of English.
Imminent
(likely to happen soon)
A storm is imminent this night.
- Drown
(die or cause to die in water)
He fell into the water and was drowned.
Sink
(go below the surface of water)
The ship sank into the sea.
4 list
- Deprecate
(feel and express disapproval)
He deprecates my anger.
Depreciate
(belittle, to make less in value)
He depreciate every action of mine.
- Dose
(a particular quantity of medicine)
Take two dose of this medicine daily.
Doze
(sleep lightly)
He was dozing in the class.
- Draft
(a skatch or outline)
The draft has so many mistakes.
Draught
(a period of dry weather)
This year, drought has ruined the crops.
- Memorable
(something which serves to remind us of an event or person)
We must raise a memorial in honour of our leader.
Memorable
(worth, remembering)
The success was a memorable event in my life.
- Lose
(to have no longer )
You will lose your money in the game.
Loose
( free, not tight)
This shirt is loose to you.
- Lesson
(the amount of teaching given at one time)
This lesson is not very difficult.
Lessen
(to make or become less)
This medicine will lessen your pain.
- Metal
(a substance)
Gold is a precious metal.
Mettle
(spirit, courage)
War tests the mettle of the youngmen of a nation.
- Miner
(one who works in a mine)
He is a miner by vocation.
Minor
(smaller)
This is only a minor defect.
- Moral
(having to do with right or wrong)
His teachings are moral.
Morale
(Courage and enthusiasm)
During war days, we should keep up our morale.
- Officer
(a person of authority in an office)
The officer took a keen interest in the investigation.
Official
(a person working in an office)
Government officials are not allowed to take part in politics.
5 list
- Plain
(simple, sincere, outspoken)
He declared in plain words that he would not go there.
Plane
(perfectly flat surface)
The surface of this table is plane.
- Rite
(the form in which a ceremony is carried out)
His sons performed his burial rites.
Right
(contrasted with left)
Keep to right.
- Rout
(utter defeat and flight for safety)
The Indian army was put to rout.
Route
(the way from one place to another)
This is the shortcut route to Multan.
- Pore
(a very small opening)
There are many pores in our body.
Pour
(cause to flow into)
Pour his water into the jug.
- Principal
(first in rank)
He is the principal of this college.
Principle
(a general law, a moral law)
Ali is a man of principle.
- Quiet
(noiseless)
He lived a quiet life in the country.
Quite
(entirely)
I am quite right now.
- Willful
(obstinate, international)
He is disliked by others because he is willful.
Willing
(ready to do a thing)
I am willing to go there.
- Yoke
(a piece of wood to keep the oxen together)
He put yoke on the oxen together.
Yolk
(the yellow part of the egg)
The yolk of an egg is a good food.
- Way
(road, method, or plan)
The way to your house was not very long.
Weigh
(to find weight by mean of a scale)
Please weigh this article.
- Veil
(a covering for face)
Women in Europe have thrown off the veil.
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