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.

May I know your opinion please?

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

‘How are you?’ and ‘how do you do?’

While speaking to a familiar person, we ask, ‘How are you?’ The reply or response will be ‘I am fine’, ‘I’m fine’, ‘I am fine thank you’, ‘I’m fine thank you’, or ‘I’m fine’ how are you?’

Saying ‘How are you?’ is a form of greeting between friends.

When a person is introduced to a stranger, the person will say ‘How do you do?’
This means greeting. (Saying hello)

The response to this will be the same ‘How do you do?

Some other ways of greeting:

• Glad to meet you.
• Pleased to meet you.
• Nice to meet you.

The responses are:

• Glad to meet you too.
• Pleased to meet you too.
• Nice to meet you too.
• My pleasure.
• It’s my pleasure to meet you, too.
• Same here.

When you are introduced to someone, say ‘Nice to meet you’.

When you take leave of an individual, it is more common to say ‘Nice meeting you’.

The cries

• The lion roars.
• The monkey gibbers.
• The ape gibbers.
• The lamb baas and bleats.
• The donkey brays.
• The ass brays.
• The snake hisses.
• The cow lows.
• The bull bellows.
• The cat mews
• The sheep bleats.
• The dog barks.
• The fox barks and yelps.
• The frog croaks.
• The elephant trumpets.
• The pig grunts.
• The horse neighs.
• The hyena laughs.
• The wolf howls.
• The tiger growls.
• The hyena laughs.
• The rat screeches.
• The squirrel screams.
• The bee hums.
• The beetle drones.
• The crow caws.
• The eagle screams.
• The duck quacks.
• The dove coos.
• The cock crows.
• The hen cackles and clucks.
• The chicken pips.
• The owl hoots and screeches.
• The parrot talks.
• The sparrow chirps / yelps.
• The lark sings.