Like vs as

Like is used when it is not followed by any verb

As is used when it is followed by a verb
Concur in vs. Concur with

I dont know ___________________ run for office.

(A) that I concur in your decision to try to
(B) that I concur with your decision to try to
Confused with it should be in or with?
Well, the answer is simple. In this case, it is option A.
Concur in is followed by the decision or the agreement (the focus is on the decision).
Concur with is followed by the person sharing a decision or agreement (the focus is on the
person).
Example:
The city residents concurred in the decision to go ahead with the project.
The city residents concurred with the Mayor on the decision to go ahead with the project.

THAT VS WHICH
1. My watch that is blue is very expensive.
2. My watch, which is blue, is very expensive.
In the first sentence, the person has many watches and one that is blue is the one that is
expensive.
In the second sentence, the person has .an expensive blue watch (one expensive blue watch
that is).

Practice Vs. Practise

PRACTICE IS A NOUN
PRACTISE IS A VERB
1) You will need to___________more to win this award.
2) _____of female foeticide is no good for the society.
3) ________will make you perfect.
4) You really need to work hard in order to set up your own lawyer __________.
5) I am ___________ my guitar.
6) She ___________ her instrument on daily basis.
7) I need to ________ my guitar.
8 ) I am a ___________ public speaker.
Answers:
1) Practice
2) Practice
3) Practice
4) Practice

5) Practise
6) Practises
7) Practise
8 ) Practised

Licence Vs License
Same as Practice Vs. Practise

Auger & Augur

Auger is a tool for boring holes into wood, leather, etc.: He used an auger to make holes in the
shoes for the shoelaces.
Augur means to foretell, predict, forewarn: Dark clouds augur the coming of the thunderstorm.
Augur is also used to refer to a prophet, a prognosticator, an oracle: An ancient Roman augur
told Julius Caesar to Beware the Ides of March.

Bidding vs Biding
Bidding means to offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold: He
plans to stop bidding on his house by making a counter offer.
Biding means waiting for the right time before doing something: He is biding his time so that he
can enter the bidding process at the right time and stop bidding on his house by making a
counter offer.

Calvary vs Cavalry
Calvary, always capitalized, is the hill on which Jesus was crucified. It means hill of skulls.
Cavalry is a term used to refer to troops trained to fight on horseback
Critic vs Critique
A critic is someone who forms and expresses judgments of the merits, faults, value, or truth of a
matter: He is his own worst critic when it comes to analyzing his writing.
A critique is an evaluation by using a review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of
art or literature: The critique of the new film in Times of India was very positive.
Canvas vs Canvass
Canvas is coarse cloth used to make tents, sailing cloth, etc.: He likes to wear canvas shoes.
Canvass is to survey, examine, or to investigate: Political parties go on canvass campaigns
before any election.
Just Remember: The two ss in canvass stand for solicit support. When you canvass for
something, you seek support for yourself or your ideas.
Dudgeon vs Dungeon

Dudgeon means a sullen, angry, or indignant humor: Reema walked out of the meeting with
high dudgeon. It is now used only in the phrase high dudgeon.
Dungeon means a dark, often underground chamber or cell used to confine prisoners, the kinds
we get to see in Harry Potter.
Descendant vs Descendent
Descendant means someone who is related to a person or group of people who lived in the past:
He was a descendant of partition immigrants.
Descendent means moving downward; a downward incline or passage; a slope: The mountain
climbers were not aware of the steep descendent hill until it was too late.
Just Remember: The A in Descendant stands for ancestor.

Discreet & Discrete

Discreet means displaying wise reserve in ones speech or conduct; being prudent and careful:
School teachers should be discreet in their comments so that they do not hurt any student.
Discrete means constituting a separate thing; distinct: Democracy has three discrete divisions:
legislature, executive and judiciary.
Just Remember: The t in DISCRETE separates the two Es in DISCREET
Every day vs Everyday
Every day means each day or daily: At employees have two breaks for snacks every day.
Everyday, on the other hand, means ordinary, typical, or usual: Rains in Bombay seem like an
everyday occurrence.
It is also used in the sense something that is used or seen daily; suitable for daily use: One
should not let everyday problems to overpower oneself.
Peruse vs Persue
Just Remember: When you peruse (examine) something in detail, you are generally
pursuing something (trying to achieve something/gain something).

Massive vs Missive
Massive has the following meanings:1. Large when compared to what is typical: The ship was hit by a massive glacier and sank in
the ocean waters .
2. Solid, ponderous, heavy: In Egypt, massive stone blocks were used to build pyramids.
Missive, on the other hand, means a written letter or communication: In the age of mobile
phones, the practice of writing missive has faded away.

Plebeian & Proletarian

Plebeian means common or ordinary individual or behavior: The daughter of the knight has
refused to marry the soldier as he is a plebeian belonging to lower class of society.

Proletarian means a person who has low social status; such as, a member of the working class:
Abraham Lincoln rose from a proletarian to the President of America and this is rightly called a
journey from log house to the White House.

Babble, Babel & Bauble

Babble means to talk rapidly or at length about things that seem irrelevant or foolish; to jabber or
to prattle: The salesman kept going on with his babble until we shut the door in his face.
Babel, on the other hand, means tumult, confusion, bedlam, clamor: The political convention
became a babel of conflicting opinions.
The term Babel comes from the Biblical Tower of Babel, the tower which according to Genesis
11:4-9 was started by the descendants of Noah to reach heaven but it was abandoned when God
confused the language of the builders into many mutually incomprehensible languages. The city
of Babel in Shinar is now thought to be Babylon.
Bauble is a trinket, ornament, usually cheap, or an inexpensive piece of jewelry: She wore the
red bauble that she obtained when she visited the gypsys tent at the fair.

Ferrule & Ferule

A ferrule is the circular metal ring or casing that is placed over the wooden tip of an umbrella or
cane to prevent it from splitting on repeated contact with the ground. A ferule is a flat strip of
wood, often marked off to serve as a ruler, used to punish schoolchildren; figuratively, it stands
for schoolroom discipline. Both are pronounced FER-uhl, as is the adjective feral meaning wild,
untamed, which is used particularly of domesticated animals that have reverted to the wild state.