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Choose vs chose

Chose and choose are two words in the English Dictionary. Chose is used to be used for past tense while choose is for present tense or future tense. Example:Jason will choose which game to play with Hayden.Jasmine chose whether to drink apple ju...

Train Your Mind: 10 Indispensable Tools for College Students

Many students rush to buy vitamins, energy boosters, and other things promising the improvement of their cognitive abilities. And some supplements can do the trick but only on a molecular level. And we all rather need a boost for our brain to turn on...

Color vs Colour

Color is in the American way to say color but colour is the Canadian way to say colour. Color = American wayColour = Canadian way...

How to use adjectives with comparative or superlative adjectives

tighter or more tight...

Art vs. Artist

The skill of creating something brautiful by drawing, painting, or making things with your hands.Something that requires a lot of skill, as in the art of Chinese cooking.Forms of entertainment, such as music, theater, and film.Someone very skilled at...

Arrival va. Arrive

The act of getting to a place.Someone or something that has gotten to a place.To reach a place.To come....

Applicant vs. Application

Someone who has written formally asking for something, such as a job, a loan, or entrance to a school.A written request for something, such as a job, as in a job application.A way of using something....

Ant vs. Aunt

A small insect that lives in a large group called a colony.The sister of your father or mother, or the wife of your uncle....

Another vs. Other

One more of the same kind of thing.A different one.Different; not the same as mentioned.Remaining.More or extra.In the recent past.The rest....

Angel vs. Angle

In religion, a messenger of God.A very kind, gentle person.The figure formed by two lines that start at the same point.A way of looking at something.If something is at an angle, it's sloping and not straight....

Alphabet vs. Letter

All the letters of a language arranged in order.A mark that is part of an alphabet.A message that you write to someone or that someone writes to you....

Algebra vs. Mathematics

A type of mathematics in which symbols and letters are used to represent unknown numbers; for example, 2 * x + y = 7.The study of numbers, quantities, shapes, and measurements and how they relate to each other....

Agree vs. Disagree

To say yes to something.To share the same opinions.If something agrees with you, it suits you, or is good for you.If you disagree with someone, you have different opinions.To cause discomfort....

Affect vs. Effect

To influence or change someone or something.The result or consequence of something, as in the effect of the explosion.Influence or the power to make something happen.When something goes into effect, it starts to happen....

Adverb vs. Verb

A word usually used to describe a verb or adjective.A word that expresses an action or a state of being....

Advance vs. Advanced

To move forward or to make progress.Happening before something else, as in advance warning.To lend money.A movement forward made by a group of soldiers.If something has reached an advanced stage, it's nearly finished or fully developed.Advanced work ...

Across vs. Cross

From one side of to the other side of.On the other side of.To go from one side to the other.Angry and not pleased.The shape x is a cross.An upright post with a horizontal bar that crosses it or a pendant shaped this way.To draw a line through.To inte...

Account vs. Accountant

A description of something that has happened, as in an account of the accident.An arrangement to keep money in a bank, as in a checking or savings account.Records of money earned and spent.If you account for something, you explain it.An expert in mon...

Accept vs. Except

To take something that you are offered.To agree to something.Apart from.But for the fact that....

Academic vs. Academy

To do with study and learning.Someone who teaches in a university or college or someone who does research.A private junior high, middle school, or high school.A school that teaches special subjects, as in a military academy....

Absorb vs. Absorbent

To soak up liquid.To take in information.If something absorbs you, it takes up all your attention.Something that soaks up liquid, such as a washcloth, towel, or sponge, is absorbent....

Aboard vs. Abroad

On or into a train, ship, or aircraft.In or to another country....

Abbreviate vs. Abbreviation

To make something shorter, such as a word.A short way of writing a word....

Abandon vs. Abandoned

To leave forever.To give up.Deserted or no longer used....

Check out vs Checkout

Check out Check out is a phrasal verb of the word check, which has 2 meanings: to look at someone/somethingto sign for something (like a will) You can also add a noun or pronoun between the words, like ‘check this out’, ‘check the items out’ ...