{"id":3282,"date":"2016-09-01T07:08:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T01:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2022-05-03T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T06:58:16","slug":"similar-words-subtle-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/similar-words-subtle-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Similar Words With Subtle Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to its diverse influences, the English language is full of seemingly illogical constructions and rules. However, correct usage of language should be an editor\u2019s forte and attempting to understand some of these rules helps in correct application of these rules, and consequently, error-free editing.<\/p>\n<p>A well-known idiom says that great minds think alike. It\u2019s what we say when two people think of the same great idea at the same time. Note the usages of the words \u201calike\u201d and \u201csame\u201d\u2014they are similar but not the same. Let\u2019s look at some other words that are commonly confused.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ivsme.jpg\" alt=\"Similar Words with Subtle Differences\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 745px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 745\/409;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282?action=genpdf&amp;id=3282\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to its diverse influences, the English language is full of seemingly illogical constructions and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1426],"ppma_author":[1894],"class_list":["post-3282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-grammar","category-academic-writing","tag-good-word-choice"],"better_featured_image":null,"acf":{"faq_main_heading":"","faq_heading_one":"","faq_heading_two":"","faq_heading_three":"","faq_heading_four":"","faq_heading_five":"","faq_heading_six":"","faq_description_one":"","faq_description_two":"","faq_description_three":"","faq_description_four":"","faq_description_five":"","faq_description_six":""},"views":3450,"single_webinar_page_date":null,"single_webinar_page_time":null,"session_agenda":null,"who_should_attend_this_session":null,"about_the_speaker_field":null,"co-webinar-sec":null,"co_webinar_sec_one":null,"speaker-name":null,"webinar-date":null,"webinar-time":null,"webinar-s-image":null,"custum_webinar_category":null,"authors":[{"term_id":1894,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"daveishan","display_name":"Enago Academy","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-favicon-192x192-1.png","url2x":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-favicon-192x192-1.png"},"author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Enago Academy, the knowledge arm of Enago, offers comprehensive and up-to-date resources on academic research and scholarly publishing to all levels of scholarly professionals: students, researchers, editors, publishers, and academic societies. 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