annie_l   Junior Editor

Lessen vs. Lesson

To get smaller in size, strength, importance, etc.Some information or skill that you need to learn or study.A set period in school when pupils are taught or a session when a skill is taught.An expe...

Form vs. From

Type or kind.Shape.To make up or create something.A piece of paper with questions to be filled in.To make or to organize.In grammar, one of the ways a word appears, depending on how it's use...

For vs. Four

Intended to be used on or with.Meeting the needs of.Over the time or distance of.Due to.In honor of or on behalf of.Worth the amount of.Intended for or sent to.In place...

Flour vs. Flower

Ground wheat or other grain that you use for baking.The colored part of a plant that produces seeds or fruit.To produce flowers.A plant that has flowers....

Fast vs. Fat

Moving in a hurry or quick.To give up eating food for a time.Fast colors or dyes don't run or fade when you wash them.Ahead of the right time.Heavy or plump.An oily substance ...

Breath vs. Breathe

The air that you take into your lungs and breathe out again.If you are out of breath, you have difficulty breathing.When you say something under your breath, you say it very quietly.To take air in ...

Brake vs. Break

A device to slow down or stop a vehicle.To slow down or stop by using a brake.To damage something so that it's in pieces or no longer works.A rest from working or studying.To stop, as in...

Bid vs. Bide

To offer a certain amount of money for something, as at an auction.To order someone to do something.To say, as in to bid someone hello.An attempt to do or win something.To wait for the r...

Beside vs. Besides

Next to.Apart from.If you are beside yourself, you are overcome with emotion.As well as or apart from.Also or in addition to this....

Berry vs. Bury

A small, often brightly colored fruit found on bushes or trees.To put a dead body into a grave.To hide something in the ground or under a pail of things....