Friday, November 30, 2012

Precedent vs. President

Paste vs. Paced

This again is an issue of spelling as defining meaning.  Both words are pronounced identically, but their meaning is quite different.  The importance in spelling them correctly is in conveying the correct intended meaning.

Paste (n) is material of a thick consistency, like glue or farina, baby food, mud or grits.

Paced (adj) means anything whose speed is measured, such as a paced gait, or jogging at regular, measured pace.

Access vs. Axis

Eminent vs. Imminent

Disbursement vs. Dispersement

Both are nouns, but both mean totally different things:

Disbursement (n) means to payment of monies, mostly.

Dispersement (n) is a derivative of disperse, to disseminate, distribute widely, scatter. 

Lesions vs. Legions