Confusing Words
Mark Twain said, “The difference between the
right word and the almost right word is the
difference between lightning and the lightning
bug”.
Confusing words questions have been designed to
check primarily for mental alertness –
differentiating between two similar words.
List of commonly Mistaken words
1. Emigrant - A person who leaves one country to
move to another.
The Bangladeshi emigrants got on to the boat at
Chittagong.
Immigrant - A person who enters one country from
another.
, The immigrants to India got off the boat in
Howrah.
2. Eminent -Well-known Newton is an eminent
scientist.
Imminent- About to happen Dam999, A
documentary movie, predicted that a f l ood was
imminent.
3. Feign- To give a false appearance of To feign
ignorance
Faint- To lose consciousness brief l y Some
people often faint at the sight of a mouse.
4. Farther- At a greater distance I can see him
going farther.
Further -More I have nothing further to tell you.
5. Flaunt- To make a gaudy display Paris likes to
flaun her wealth.
Mark Twain said, “The difference between the
right word and the almost right word is the
difference between lightning and the lightning
bug”.
Confusing words questions have been designed to
check primarily for mental alertness –
differentiating between two similar words.
List of commonly Mistaken words
1. Emigrant - A person who leaves one country to
move to another.
The Bangladeshi emigrants got on to the boat at
Chittagong.
Immigrant - A person who enters one country from
another.
, The immigrants to India got off the boat in
Howrah.
2. Eminent -Well-known Newton is an eminent
scientist.
Imminent- About to happen Dam999, A
documentary movie, predicted that a f l ood was
imminent.
3. Feign- To give a false appearance of To feign
ignorance
Faint- To lose consciousness brief l y Some
people often faint at the sight of a mouse.
4. Farther- At a greater distance I can see him
going farther.
Further -More I have nothing further to tell you.
5. Flaunt- To make a gaudy display Paris likes to
flaun her wealth.
