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jurist ~ juror:
Both these words are related to the law of the land; however, there is some clear distinction/difference in their usage.
Please, go to “jurist” and “juror” in People & Profession for more information!
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junction ~ juncture:
[different second sound]
“Junction” is ‘a place where people, roads, or railway lines meet or cross; joining’,
(a spaghetti junction, Atlanta city, USA)
e.g.
The traffic is usually heavy at the road junctions.
Our railway station is a busy junction; one can get trains to any part of the State.
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“Juncture” is ‘a point in [...]
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judicial ~ judicious:
“Judicial” means ‘(of a process, system, inquiry, proceedings, decision, etc.) related to or concerned with a court of law; impartial (not supporting any one particular person or party)’,
e.g.
The wife of the lock-up death victim appealed for a judicial inquiry into her husband’s death, i.e. she wanted a [...]
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judicial ~ judicious:
“Judicial” means ‘(of a process, system, inquiry, proceedings, decision, etc.) related to or concerned with a court of law; impartial (not supporting any one particular person or party)’,
e.g.
The wife of the lock-up death victim appealed for a judicial inquiry into her husband’s death, i.e. she wanted a [...]
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journey ~ travel ~ voyage:
These three words express basically the same idea: ‘to go or move from one place to another’.
However narrow it may seem, the distinction (difference in usage) is there and we need to have at least some general idea of what each of them stands for:
on a [...]
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jangle ~ jingle ~ jungle:
[slightly different pronunciation]
“Jangle”, as a noun, is ‘an unpleasant metallic noise’; and, as a verb, it is ‘to make or give out harsh metallic noise; to argue or quarrel noisily’,
two people jangling
e.g.
Some inexperienced burglar set the burglar-alarm off and it kept jangling until father turned it off.
The [...]
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its ~ it’s:
[the same pronunciation; the letter 'i' rhymes with the letter 'i' in "ink"]
These two expressions are quite often confused. Even the advertising and publishing companies make the mistake of confusing them. Though these expressions seem simple, questions on them appear in almost all the competitive examinations, including TOEFL [...]
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irruption ~ eruption:
[the letters 'i' in 'irruption' and the letter 'e' in 'eruption' rhyme with the letter 'i' in "ink"]
“Irruption” is ‘the act of rushing in violently or forcibly; a sudden forcible entry; (outbreak)’,
an irruption of protesters in a conference hall
e.g.
The meeting broke up in bitterness when the irruption of some [...]
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inventory ~ discovery: [invent ~ discover]
“Discover” is a verb which means ‘to find something which already exists but not known before, often a place or a scientific fact; to find out a fact or an answer to a question’,
e.g.
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1942.
Did you discover who wrote you that [...]
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invaluable ~ valueless:
{Note: ‘Invaluable’ is not the opposite (antonym) of “valuable”. In fact, it is quite the other way round: something or someone ‘invaluable’ is very, very valuable. We cannot use it in the same way as we do with ‘decent X indecent’ which is accepted.}
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“Invaluable” means ‘(of qualities) very [...]
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