Pair of words
What are pair of words? The words that sounds almost same but they are wriiten and spelled in a different way are known as pair of words. Here is the list of all important pair of words in english with their meanings and sentemces. You can download pdf also.
Pair of words with meanings and sentences
Pair of words List 1
Access- approach
I have no access to the President of Pakistan.
Excess- More than due
Excess of everything is bad.
Accept- To receive a thing, to agree
The Principal accepted my request for fee concession.
Except
All the students except Adam have been fined.
Adapt- Make fit
Every country has to adapt itself according to the changed condition of life.
Adopt- Take up
He adopted unfair means in the examination.
Adept- Clever, Skillful
He is adept in the art of pleasing people.
Advice – Noun
My advice fell flat upon him.
Advise- Verb
I advise you not to smoke.
Affect- To have an effect on
The climate of this place has affected his health.
Effect-
His words produced no effect upon me (noun)
The parties effected compromise. (Verb)
Affection – Love
I have great affection for my students.
Affectation- Pretence
He is all pose and affectation.
Allusion
He made many allusions from the poetry of Iqbal in his speech.
Illusion- Deceptive appearance
True happiness in this world is only an illusion.
Altar (Noun)- An elevated place of worship
He knelt down by the altar in the church.
Alter (verb)- To change
He altered his decision at the eleventh hour.
Altogether
I am altogether ignorant of your success in the examination.
All together-
They went to see the picture all together.
All ready- all prepared
We are all ready to leave for Lahore.
Already- Before a suggested time
He has already done his work.
Apposite
Your answer was quite apposite.
Opposite- Contrary, facing back to back
My house is situated opposite to the Government College.
Pair of words List 2
Ascent- Upward flight
The ascent of the Murree Hills is not very difficult.
Assent – Agreement
The President gave his assent to the University Bill.
Aught- Anything
He might be dead for aught I care.
Ought- Should
You ought to lend him some money.
Assay- attempt
He assayed at climbing the hill.
Essay- Piece of writing
He wrote a beautiful essay on the poetry of Dr Iqbal.
Antics- Queer- Odd
Everybody laughed at his foolish antics.
Antique- of old times, old fashioned
This traveler has come from the antique land of Egypt.
Bare- Adjective, uncovered
He went in the bitter cold bare headed.
Bear- Noun (An animal)
He was killed in the forest by a bear.
Bail- Security
The accused was released on bail.
Bale – A bundle
We have four hundred bales of cotton in our godown.
Beach- Shore
We stood on the beach and enjoyed the beautiful scene of the sea.
Beech- A kind of tree
We have planted many beech trees in our garden.
Berth- An alloted place
Have you got your berth reserved in the Chenab Express?
Birth- The act of being born
The birth of our great leader Quaid-i-Azam falls in the last week of December.
Ballot- Secret Vote
We did not use the fake ballot papers in the election.
Ballet- A dance
We enjoyed the Chinese ballet at the theatre.
Beat (verb) to strike
The teacher beats the boys in the class mercilessly.
Beet
Sugar is made from beet also.
Beside- At the side
He is sitting beside me in the class.
Besides- In addition to
He gets a bonus besides his salary.
Break- To separate into parts
He broke the windows and entered the house.
Pairs of words list 3
Brake- Device for stopping the motion of the wheel
The brakes of my car are defective.
Bridal- Pertaining to marriage
She wore the bridal ring on her finger in the party.
Bridle- A rope for a horse
I require a bridle for my horse.
Born- To be brought into existence by birth
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Borne- Past tense of
He has borne his misfortunes like a brave man.
Calendar- A table showing days and months of a year
Please consult the wall calendar to know the exact day of your marriage.
Calender (verb) – to press cloth
Please calender this shirt of mine.
Canon- A rule in general
He follows the religious canons strictly.
Cannon- A large gun
The general decided to use cannons against the enemy.
Canvas- A kind of coarse cloth
He is wearing canvas shoes.
Canvass- To solicit
He is canvassing for his friend, Akram.
Cast- (verb) to throw
He cast the old books away.
Caste- A social class
Adam does not believe in caste system
Ceiling- The inner part of the
The ceiling of the room is painted red.
Sealing- To put a starnp
The clerk was sealing the letters in his office.
Cell – A narrow room
The culprit was locked up in a cell.
Sell- To give up something for money.
This book is selling like hot cakes.
Cite- To quote
He cited from the Holy Quran during the course of his speech.
Site- an important place
His house is situated at a good site.
Sight- view
The hills of Murree present a good sight.
Check- To stop
We could not check him from going to theatre.
Cheque- A written order, asking the bank to pay money.
I gave him a cheque worth $ one million.
Coarse – Rough
My shirt is made of coarse clothes.
Pairs of words list 4
Course- Direction taken
The river Ravi has changed its course.
Compliment- A ceremonious greeting
Please pay my compliments to your mother.
Complement- That which fills up or Completes
The husband and wife complement each other.
Collusion- A secret understanding for a fraudulent purpose.
The thief ran away from the jail in Collusion with the police.
Collision– The act of striking together
Many lives were lost in the collision between a bus and a car.
Chord– A string of musical instrument
He broke the chord of the violin while playing on it.
Cord- A thin rope
Please tie this packet with a piece of cord.
Complacent
He feels complacent and happy at his Success in the examination.
Complaisant– Obliging,
He is liked by everyone because he possesses complaisant manners
Coma – Unnatural heavy sleep
His father is lying in state of coma in the hospital.
Comma- A punctuation mark
Please put a comma at the end of this sentence.
Confidant – A friend taken into confidence
I told the secret of my failure in the examination only to my confidant.
Confident – Having confidence
Pakistan is quite confident of her victory in the cricket match.
Corporal – Pertaining to body
Corporal punishment must be prohibited in schools God is not a corporeal being.
Corps- A body of troops.
He got commission in the medical corps of the army.
Corpse- The dead body of human behind.
His corpse was found lying in a ditch.
Cession- To cede, to give up
The cession of East Pakistan from the West Pakistan was a tragic event of Muslim history.
Session
The college hours for the summer session changed from the 1st April.
Casual- Occasional
I applied for 3 days casual leave.
Causal – Of cause
There is causal relationship between smoking and ill health.
Council- An assembly
His father is a member of Union Council.
Counsel- Advice
You should act upon the counsel of your teacher.
Cemetery- Graveyard
He is buried in the Muslim cemetery.
Symmetry
She has a fine symmetry of features.
List 5
Cloth – Unsewn fabric
We bought some country made cloth from the market.
Clothes- Garment
She washed her clothes herself.
Clock
When the clock strikes nine, I go to bank.
Cloak- A loose outer garment
The English women wear cloaks now-a-days.
Cue- Hint
The actor missed his cue and came to the stage late.
Queue – Row
Please stand in a queue and get the tickets in your turn (JJ!)
Dairy- Place for keeping milk, cattle
The butter Pak Dairy is conducive to health.
Diary– A note book
I am writing a diary.
Deceased- Dead
The deceased was a man of gentle habits.
Diseased- sick – ill
A diseased mind has a diseased body.
Defer- To put off
The meeting of the college council was deferred to the next month.
Differ– To have a difference
I differ with you in this matter.
Dependant- One who depends upon Others
He has to support many dependants.
Dependent- Depending upon
Your success in the examination is dependent upon hard work.
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