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Sentences with PARONYM

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"The words 'buy' and 'bye' are paronyms."
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"She mistook 'accept' for 'except' because they are paronyms."
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"The paronyms 'compliment' and 'complement' have different meanings."
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"'Imply' and 'infer' are paronyms that are often confused."
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"The paronym 'advice' is often mistaken for 'advise'."
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"'Affect' and 'effect' are paronyms commonly used in English."
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"The language learner struggled with paronyms like 'accept' and 'except'."
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"The paronym 'altar' is easily confused with 'alter'."
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"She mixed up the paronyms 'canvas' and 'canvass'."
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"The paronym 'cite' is often used instead of 'site' or 'sight'."
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"The paronyms 'desert' and 'dessert' have distinct pronunciations."
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"'Envelop' and 'envelope' are paronyms with different definitions."
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"The writer mistakenly used the paronym 'principle' instead of 'principal'."
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"The paronym 'quiet' is often misspelled as 'quite'."
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"She struggled with paronyms like 'stationary' and 'stationery'."
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"'Their' and 'there' are paronyms that are frequently misused."
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"The paronym 'weather' is often mistakenly written as 'whether'."
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"She confused the paronym 'canon' with 'cannon'."
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"The English language has numerous paronyms that can be confusing."
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"He found it difficult to differentiate between the paronyms 'loose' and 'lose'."
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"The words “accept” and “except” are paronyms because they sound similar but have different meanings."
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"The term “flammable” and “inflammable” are paronyms as they have similar spellings but opposite meanings."
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"“Eminent” and “imminent” are paronyms since they have similar pronunciations but distinct definitions."
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"“Adverse” and “averse” are paronyms because they sound alike but have different meanings."
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"The words “censor” and “censer” are paronyms because they differ by only one letter and have different meanings."
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"The terms “complement” and “compliment” are paronyms since they sound similar but have different uses."
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"“Insure” and “ensure” are paronyms because they have similar pronunciations but different spellings and definitions."
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"The words “loose” and “lose” are paronyms because they sound alike but have different spellings and meanings."
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"“Break” and “brake” are paronyms since they differ by only one letter but have distinct definitions."
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"The terms “stationary” and “stationery” are paronyms as they have similar spellings but different meanings."
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