Some words that confuse

• Affect: make a difference to
  Effect: a result
  
• Appraise: assess
  Apprise: inform
  
• Censure: express strong disapproval of
  Censor: suppress unacceptable parts of
  
• Complement: a thing that enhances something by contributing extra features
  Compliment: an expression of praise or politely congratulate
  
• Council: an administrative or advisory body
  Counsel: advice or guidance
  
• Councilor: a member of a council
  Counselor: someone who gives guidance on personal or psychological problems
  
• Desert: a waterless area
  Dessert: the sweet course
  
• Discreet: careful and not to attract attention or give offence
  Discrete: separate or distinct
  
• Envelop: wrap up, cover or surround completely
  Envelope: a paper container used to enclose a letter or document
  
• Loath: reluctant or unwilling
  Loathe: dislike greatly
  
• Loose: unfasten or set free
  Lose: cease to have or become unable to find
  
• Ordinance: an authoritative order
  Ordnance: guns, weapons or ammunition
  
• Palate: the roof of the mouth
  Palette: an artist's board for mixing colours
  
• People: group of men and women
  Pupil: student
  
• Principal: first in order of importance or main
  Principle: chiefly a basis of a system of thought or belief
  
• Stationary: not moving
  Stationery: writing materials
  
• Story: tale or account
  Storey: a floor of a building

British spellings and American spellings

• aeroplane [UK] - airplane, aero plane [US]
  
• analyse, analyze [UK] - analyze [US]
  
• analysed, analyzed [UK] - analyzed [US]
  
• behaviour [UK] - behavior [US]
  
• catalogue [UK] - catalog [US]
  
• categorise, categorize [UK] - categorize [US]
  
• categorisation, categorization [UK] - categorization [US]
  
• categorised, categorized [UK] - categorized [US]
  
• centre [UK] - center [US]
  
• cheque [UK] - check [US]
  
• colour [UK] - color [US]
  
• doughnut [UK] - donut [US]
  
• earnt, earned [UK] - earned [US]
  
• equalling [UK] - equaling [US]
  
• favour [UK] - favor [US]
  
• grey [UK] - gray [US]
  
• hiccough, hiccup [UK] - hiccup [US]
  
• labour [UK] - labor [US]
  
• license (verb), licence (noun) [UK] - license [US]
  
• manoeuvre [UK] - maneuver [US]
  
• metre [UK] - meter [US]
  
• neighbour [UK] - neighbor [US]
  
• programme [UK] - program [US]
  
• pyjamas [UK] - pajamas [US]
  
• practise (verb), practice (noun) [UK] - practice [US]
  
• recognise, recognize [UK] - recognize [US]
  
• specialised, specialized [UK] - specialized [US]
  
• specialising, specializing [UK] - specializing [US]
  
• standardise, standardize [UK] - standardize [US]
  
• standardised, standardized [UK] - standardized [US]
  
• tyres [UK] - tires [US]
  
• travelled [UK] - traveled [US]
  
• travelling [UK] - traveling [US]

Prepone is not an antonym of postpone

Indians commonly use the word “prepone” to mean “to move forward in time.”

Example: The football match planned to be conducted on April 29 has been preponed to March 26.

Some antonyms for postpone are “bring forward, move up, advance.”

Example: The eight o’clock program has been moved forward to seven.

The word prepone sounds strange.

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Easy and simple Synonyms

Synonym is a word with the same meaning or nearly the same meaning as another word. Let’s go through some easy and simple Synonyms.

• Admit - confess
• Alive - lively
• also - too
• amount - quantity
• ask - inquire
• assembly - gathering
• bad -evil
• beg - implore
• begin - commence
• behaviour - conduct
• big - large
• blamed - accused
• blank - empty
• bottom - foot
• brave - daring
• bright - shinning
• broad - wide
• buy - purchase
• careful - cautious
• catch - capture
• centre - middle
• change - alter
• cheat - deceive
• choose - select
• clergyman - minister
• close - near
• clothes - dress
• copy - imitate
• correct - accurate
• cunning - sly
• cure - remedy
• damp - moist
• dangerous - risky
• deadly - fatal
• dear - expensive
• decrease - reduce
• disease - sickness
• disorder - chaos
• dull - gloomy
• dumb - mute
• eatable - edible
• ebb - recede
• end - conclusion
• enemy - foe
• enough - sufficient
• escape - elude
• fable - myth
• fall - drop
• false - untrue
• far - distant
• feather - plume
• fertile - fruitful
• fierce - ferocious
• fight - battle
• float - drift
• force - compel
• foretell - predict
• free - release
• friend - ally
• gain - profit
• game - recreation
• gather - collect
• gay - cheerful
• general - common
• glad - happy
• glaring - dazzling
• habit - custom
• hard - difficult
• hate - detest
• height - altitude
• help - assist
• hide - conceal
• high - tall
• home - residence
• hug - embrace
• huge - enormous
• industrious - hardworking
• inside - interior
• join - unite
• jump - leap
• just - fair
• king - emperor
• lazy - indolent
• least - minimum
• leave - abandon
• listen - hear
• little - small
• look - see
• loving - fond
• loyal - true
• mad - insane
• margin - edge
• mistake - error
• most - maximum
• new - modern
• noisy - rowdy
• noted - well-known
• obey - submit
• old - ancient
• omen - sign
• oral - verbal
• outside - exterior
• part - portion
• polite - courteous
• poor - destitute
• port - harbour
• praise - compliment
• pretty - beautiful
• protect - guard
• push - thrust
• queen - empress
• quick - rapid
• quiet - peaceful
• rare - scarce
• read - peruse
• ready - alert
• real - genuine
• reckless - rash
• rich -wealthy
• riot - revolt
• roam - wander
• rough - coarse
• round - circular
• rude - impolite
• rule - govern
• sad - unhappy
• safe - secure
• scatter - disperse
• seldom - rarely
• separate - sever
• short - brief
• shorten - abbreviate
• show - exhibit
• sleepy - drowsy
• slim - slender
• smell - scent
• steed - horse
• stern - strict
• stick - adhere
• stop - halt
• strong - powerful
• style - fashion
• surprise - astonishment
• surrender - yield
• surround - encircle
• swamp - marsh
• talk - conversation
• teach - educate
• tested - tried
• thief - burglar
• thin -lean
• top - summit
• trick - hoax
• trust - believe
• try - attempt
• understand - comprehend
• usually - generally
• vacant - empty
• value - worth
• victory - triumph
• weak - feeble
• whole - entire
• wonder - amazement
• yearly - annually
• young - youthful

Easy And Simple Antonyms

Antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another. Let’s go through some easy and simple antonyms.

• Above X below
  
• abroad X home
  
• absent X present
  
• accept X refuse
  
• active X passive
  
• add X subtract
  
• admit X deny
  
• adult X child
  
• alive X dead
  
• asleep X awake
  
• back X front
  
• backward X forward
  
• bad X good
  
• barren X fertile
  
• beautiful X ugly
  
• before X after
  
• begin X end
  
• bent X straight
  
• better X worse
  
• big X small
  
• black X white
  
• bless X curse
  
• blunt X sharp
  
• bold X timid
  
• bravery X cowardice
  
• bright X dull
  
• broad X narrow
  
• busy X idle
  
• buy X sell
  
• capture X release
  
• catch X throw
  
• cheap X dear
  
• clean X dirty
  
• clever X foolish
  
• cloudy X clear
  
• coarse X fine
  
• cold X hot
  
• come X go
  
• common X rare
  
• contract X expand
  
• cool X warm
  
• coward X hero
  
• cry X laugh
  
• daily X nightly
  
• danger X safety
  
• dark X bright
  
• dawn X dusk
  
• day X night
  
• deep X shallow
  
• depth X height
  
• die X live
  
• difficult X easy
  
• divide X multiply
  
• drunk X sober
  
• dry X wet
  
• dwarf X giant
  
• early X late
  
• east X west
  
• ebb X flow
  
• empty X full
  
• enemy X friend
  
• enjoy X dislike
  
• evening X morning
  
• ever X never
  
• everybody X nobody
  
• everywhere X nowhere
  
• exit X entrance
  
• failure X success
  
• fair X dark
  
• far X near
  
• fat X thin
  
• few X many
  
• find X lose
  
• finish X start
  
• first X last
  
• foolish X wise
  
• foreign X local
  
• forget X remember
  
• found X lost
  
• fresh X stale
  
• future X past
  
• generous X selfish
  
• give X take
  
• guilty X innocent
  
• happy X sad
  
• hard X soft
  
• head X tail
  
• heavy X light
  
• hell X heaven
  
• help X hinder
  
• here X there
  
• hide X show
  
• high X low
  
• hill X valley
  
• humble X proud
  
• in X out
  
• increase X decrease
  
• inner X outer
  
• inside X outside
  
• interesting X dull
  
• joy X sorrow
  
• junior X senior
  
• kind X cruel
  
• knowledge X ignorance
  
• lazy X industrious
  
• lead X follow
  
• least X greatest
  
• lend X borrow
  
• level X steep
  
• life X death
  
• liquid X solid
  
• long X short
  
• loss X gain
  
• loud X soft
  
• love X hate
  
• masculine X feminine
  
• master X servant
  
• miser X spendthrift
  
• modern X ancient
  
• motorist X pedestrian
  
• mountain X valley
  
• natural X artificial
  
• never X always
  
• noise X silence
  
• noisy X quiet
  
• normal X abnormal
  
• north X south
• obey X command
  
• often X seldom
  
• old X new
  
• open X shut/close
  
• order X chaos
  
• pardon X punish
  
• peace X war
  
• plural X singular
  
• polite X rude
  
• poor X rich
  
• powerful X weak
  
• praise X blame
  
• public X private
  
• purchase X sell
  
• push X pull
  
• question X answer
  
• quick X slow
  
• raw X cooked
  
• real X imaginary
  
• right X left
  
• rise X fall
  
• rough X smooth
  
• safe X dangerous
  
• same X different
  
• separate X join
  
• smile X frown
  
• straight X crooked
  
• strong X weak
  
• summer X winter
  
• sweet X sour
  
• talk X listen
  
• tall X short
  
• tame X wild
  
• teach X learn
  
• these X those
  
• thick X thin
  
• this X that
  
• tight X loose
  
• tiny X huge
  
• top X bottom
  
• true X false
  
• truth X lie
  
• under X over
  
• up X down
  
• vacant X occupied
  
• victory X defeat
  
• wide X narrow
  
• win X lose
  
• within X without
  
• work X rest
  
• wrong X right
  
• yes X no
  
• young X old