Are flowers kept in an earn or an urn? Is effect a noun or a verb? Is an offensive word an affront or an effrontery? Are there eight or ate cats that live in my house? If you were going in for surgery, would you be knocked out with ether or either?
cinerary urn, wikimedia commons
earn, urn
One definition of earn is to receive income or other compensation in return for services you provide.
Since Roberta didn’t earn much as a waitress, she decided to search for another job.
An urn is a large vase, or it is a large metal container with a spigot for tea or coffee.
It didn’t take the members of the committee long to drink all the coffee in the urn.
educe, abduce
Educe means to draw forth or bring out.
Miss Marple will try to educe the truth from the guilty schoolgirl.
Abduce means to abduct or to draw or pull away.
The criminal’s plan to abduce the child’s attention from her guardian failed.
studying, flickr
effect, affect
Effect is a noun. It means result.
As an effect of studying for the test, Jerri scored 100%.
Affect is used as a verb. It means to change.
Not studying for the test will affect your grade in a negative way.
efferent, afferent
Efferent means away from an organ or part of an organ.
The efferent nerves of his lungs are undamaged.
Afferent means leading to an organ or part of an organ.
The afferent nerves of her kidneys are seriously damaged.
effluent, wikipedia
effluence, affluence
Effluence is the act of process of flowing out.
The effluence of nasty language on prime-time television is unbelievable.
Affluence means abundance.
Because of the abundance of fans the new author had, she received an affluence of money for her new book before it was even published.
effluent, affluent
An effluent is something that flows out.
Huge barrels were set up to catch effluent from the fish farms.
Affluent means wealthy.
Tabitha is searching for an affluent husband so she can keep living in the manner to which she has grown accustomed.
Kendall’s Spavin Cure, audacious effrontery, flickr
effrontery, affront
Effrontery is disrespectful boldness.
Marlene was shocked at the effrontery of her date when he demanded a table immediately at the obviously full restaurant.
An affront is an offensive act or word.
Lenore took his response as an affront to her reputation.
effusion, affusion
Effusion is unrestrained expression.
Kiel’s habitual violent effusions doomed the marriage from day one.
Affusion is the act of pouring of water or some other liquid on something.
The affusion of cream of mushroom soup on the roast before putting it in the pressure cooker will make it tender.
eight, pixabay
eight, ate
Eight is a number that means one more than seven.
The school basketball team welcomed eight new members.
Ate means devoured or consumed.
Ronald ate the entire chocolate cake.
either, ether
Either means one or the other of two.
Vacation will either be spent at the beach or in the mountains.
Ether was once used as an anesthetic.
The use of ether was first publicly demonstrated at Massachusetts General Hospital in October 1846.
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