Similar words (confusing words) and their meanings

A lot of words are similar but with different meanings. It is almost impossible to avoid making mistakes in English, but if you have a look ate these explanations, you might able to avoid making these ones.

Advice - advise

Advice  is a noun, which means an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.

I need someone to give me some advice.

Advise is a verb, which means to give information and  suggest types of action.

I advise everybody to be nice to their teacher.

Accept - except

Accept  is a verb, which means to agree to take something.

I always accept good advice.

Except is usually used as a preposition or conjunction, which means not including.

I teach every day  except Sunday(s).

Apart - a part

Apart (adv) separated by distance or time.

I always feel so lonely when we're apart.

A part (noun) a piece of something that forms the whole of something.

They made me feel like I was a part of the family.

Bought - brought

Bought is the past tense of the verb "to buy".

I bought a newspaper at the newsagents.

Brought is the past tense of the verb "to bring".

She brought her homework to the lesson.

If you know more examples, please post them here. Thanks. :-)

There are words called homonyms in English. They have the same pronunciation but different meanings. There are so many of them it's impossible to list them all, but here are a few of the most common ones:

to / too/ two

to: a preposition expressing motion in the direction of  - I am going to Africa.

too: an adverb meaning to a higher degree than is desirable,permissible or possible. He is driving too fast. This T shirt is too small for me.

two: a number

new/knew

new:adjective meaning not exisiting before, not used - opposite of old.

knew: verb past tense of to know.

feet / feat

feet:noun, plural form of foot

feat: noun meaing an achievement that requires great courage, skill or strength

sail / sale

sail: noun - a piece of material extende on a mast to catch the wind and propel a boat oor verb - to sail - the use of a ship as a means of transport

sale: noun - the act of selling something

Then there are the words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently and  have different meanings:

wound (pronounced woond) noun - an injury caused by a cut, blow or other impact

wound (pronounced wowned) past tense of to wind.

read (prounced reed) verb present tense to read

read (pronounced red) verb past tense of to read

bow: (pronounced bo)noun a knot tied with two loops and two loose ends

bow: (pronounced bow to rhyme with cow))verb to bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect  or noun - the front end of a ship

bough (pronounced bow to rhyme with cow)  noun -a main branch of a tree

 The list is endless! English is a difficult language.

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