Confusing words – part 66
They had a deferencedifference of opinion about their child's education.
She covered her head in deferencedifference to Muslim custom.
Is there any significant deferencedifference in quality between these two items?
But a loss of deferencedifference is very different from a loss of respect for other people.
Well, you could try apologizing to her - for all the deferencedifference it will make.
DISCOMFIT / DISCOMFORT
Beatrice's apology was more gracious, and she was visibly by her father's manner.
You may feel a little for a few days after the operation.
Well, he's just made it clear that you've succeeded in him and his crew.
Yet what small are those compared to this woman's situation.
DOMINANT / DOMINATE
Health and education were the issues of the last general election.
You often find that one person at a meeting.
My preference is for a pluralistic world, not by any single power.
United's 3-0 defeat underlined the fact that they were no longer the side in the league.
EPIGRAM / EPIGRAPH
One of Oscar Wilde's most frequently quoted is "I can resist everything except temptation"
The to the book is from Northanger Abbey.
It is a book of hard-won wisdom and stark pleasure in the form of 500 lyrical aphorisms and .
The satirical structure and style of the novel are suggested by an from Mark Twain's travel book.
EXHORT / EXTORT
He had been money from the old lady for years.
With a pointing finger, he the crowd of young law students to stop the assault on the powerless.
Police have not so far been able to a confession from the people accused of the bombing.
He lauded the school for encouraging sports and young sportsmen to make strides in sports and academics.
FAST / QUICK / QUICKLY
Given his age, he's a remarkably fastquickquickly runner.
I only had time for a fastquickquickly glance at the paper this morning.
The fastquickquickly train stops at fewer stations and travels fastquickquickly to London takes less than an hour.
I tried to catch him but he was too fastquickquickly for me.
The police car was going so fastquickquickly, it must have been chasing someone.
And we are going to need to get it back in order as fastquickquickly as possible.
FLEW / FLU / FLUE
She's very hot and shivery, so I think she must have .
The idea not only seemed illogical, it also in the face of what the Government was trying to achieve in the first place.
The side door of the pub open and three men burst in.
The bird through the window and landed on the head of someone suffering from .
Older boilers send a lot of the heat they generate out of the into the air.
The horse smoothly along the ground, her muscles moving in perfect synchronization with each other.
FULL / FULSOME
Did the kids enjoy their trip to the zoo?" "Oh, yes, they were fullfulsome of it when they got back this afternoon.
Her new book has received fullfulsome praise from the critics.
Our guests were fullfulsome in their compliments about the food.
Since he got his new job, he's been very fullfulsome of his own importance.
GUISE / GUYS
The men who arrived in the guiseguys of drug dealers were actually undercover police officers.
With a roster of tough guiseguys who have some scoring touch, you should have a good team to compete.
The company has been accused of trying to sell their products under the guiseguys of market research.
That way their hinders are covered if they don't manage to stop the bad guiseguys in time.
HIGHER / HIRE
You could always higherhire a dress for the ball if you can't afford to buy one.
A greater proportion of people with first degrees are now going on to study for higherhire degrees.
We ought to higherhire a public relations consultant to help improve our image.
He's decided to go freelance and higherhire himself out as a technical writer.
Her emotions soared even higherhire at his words, until her tears overflowed.
They were going to have to pay a higherhire price if they wanted to higherhire the car for longer than a week.
