{"id":208,"date":"2015-08-03T06:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T06:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/97.74.134.56\/?p=208"},"modified":"2015-08-03T06:47:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T06:47:33","slug":"5-confused-word-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/5-confused-word-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Confused Word Pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">5 Confused Word Pairs<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>The similarity of the letters <em>e<\/em> and <em>i<\/em> leads to frequent confusion between similar-looking and similar-sounding pairs of words. Here are five such word pairs with their respective meanings and tips for keeping each word in its place:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">1. Elicit vs. Illicit<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><em>Elicit<\/em>, meaning \u201cdraw forth,\u201d comes from the Latin term <em>lacere<\/em>, \u201cto entice or lure.\u201d <em>Illicit<\/em> means \u201cunlawful\u201d; the root word stems from the Latin term <em>licere<\/em>, \u201cto be allowed,\u201d from which <em>license<\/em> also derives. To keep them separate in your mind, connect <em>elicit<\/em> with <em>exit<\/em> and <em>illicit<\/em> with <em>illegal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">2. Emigrate vs. Immigrate<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>To emigrate is to leave one country and live elsewhere; to immigrate is to move to a country. To maintain the distinction between the two, associate <em>emigrate<\/em> with <em>embark<\/em> and <em>immigrate<\/em> with <em>immerse<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">3. Eminent vs. Imminent<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><em>Eminent<\/em> means \u201cprominent\u201d or \u201cconspicuous\u201d and is generally associated with accomplished people; <em>imminent<\/em> means \u201cabout to happen,\u201d often with the sense of something of import or involving danger. To help you remember which is which, think of an <em>eminent<\/em> person as one who emits greatness, and connect <em>imminent<\/em> with <em>immediate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">4. Emulate vs. Imitate<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><em>Emulate<\/em> can be directly synonymous with <em>imitate<\/em> but often has the sense of an effort to try to be equal to, whereas to imitate is to try to match an example, or to resemble. To keep them straight, think of emulating as something to do to become eminent, whereas imitating involves mimicking.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">5. Explicit vs. Implicit<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Something explicit is something fully developed or revealed, and something implicit is not expressed directly, though it can also mean \u201cpotential\u201d or \u201cwithout questioning.\u201d Remember the difference between the two by thinking of <em>explicit<\/em> in regard to something X rated and <em>implicit<\/em> as referring to something implied.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Confused Word Pairs The similarity of the letters e and i leads to frequent confusion between similar-looking and similar-sounding pairs of words. Here are five such word pairs with their respective meanings and tips for keeping each word in its place: 1. Elicit vs. Illicit Elicit, meaning \u201cdraw forth,\u201d comes from the Latin term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-words"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/confused-word-paird.jpg?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Writing Geeks","author_link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/author\/writinggeeks\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/confused-word-paird.jpg?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uhmH-3m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}