Confusable Spanish Words Glossary Week 30 - Study Aid

bare vs. bear

Bare: naked

Bear: to carry or accept something

biannual vs biennial

biannual: twice a year

biennial: every two years

blatant vs. flagrant

Blatant: an adjective, that means glaringly obvious.

Flagrant: an adjective, that means openly outrageous.

break vs. brake

break: rest or to destroy something

brake: to stop

born vs borne

born: to have been birthed

borne: carried

burst vs. bust

Burst: So full it explodes

Bust: exploded by physical force

caliber vs. caliper

caliber: a measure of a gun barrel (rifle)

caliper: device used to measure thickness

capital vs. capitol

capital: main city of a nation

capitol: the building

carat vs. caret vs. karat vs. carrot

carat: diamond

caret: ^ represents something left out

karat: gold

carrot: vegetable

cavalry vs. Calvary

cavalry: Soldiers on horseback

Calvary: a place outside of Jerusalem

censor vs. censure

censor: the removal or suppression of content/material that is thought to be harmful/inappropriate for audience

censure: to criticize publicly

cite vs. site vs. sight

cite: list sources

site: a place

sight: eyes

climatic vs. climactic

Climatic: relating to climate

Climactic: most thrilling/tense point

coarse vs. course

coarse: rough, lacking in fineness of texture

course: a class

complement vs. compliment

complement: to make full/complete

compliment: something nice to say

complacent vs. complaisant

complacent: self-satisfied

complaisant: eager to please

compose vs. comprise vs. constitute

compose: x is composed of y

comprise: include

constitute: one of the parts of

connotation vs. denotation

Connotation: an idea or feeling that a word invokes

Denotation: the literal or primary meaning of a word

conscience vs. conscious

Conscience: sense of right and wrong

Conscious: Awake

contemptible vs. contempuous

contemptible: worthy of contempt, despicable

contemptuous: expressing contempt or disdain

continual vs cont

continual: over and over repeatedly

continuous: nonstop

obverse vs reverse

obverse: heads side of the coin

Reverse: tails side of the coin

convex vs concave

Convex: no internal angle bigger than 180 degrees

Concave: has internal angles so angles go inwards

council vs counsel

council: a group of people meeting for a purpose.

counsel: advise; advice

credible vs creditable

credible: to be trustworthy while

creditable: deserving of being trustworthy for credit