14 Commonly Confused Pairs
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Concrete vs. cement. Knitting vs. crocheting. Iced coffee vs. cold brew.
The world is full of commonly confused things, and today on The List Show we're going to break down some of the most common. Never again will you use the phrase Great Britain when you really mean the UK. Hopefully.
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Add to the macaron/macaroon the cookie sandwich from the now defunct Rippin' Good cookie company called a macaroon, with a coconutty cookie. Miss those.
Hoard and horde. Coiffure and coiffeur. Those annoy me.
I hate when people misuse poisonous vs venomous. Drives me nuts
Especially when it comes to snakes. I even read a vet text book that misused the terms.
Same.
You don't even know how many confused pairs exist in the field of geology... incomformity, disconformity, nonconformities (all distinct features).
You forgot the unconformity! 😂
@@y_fam_goeglyd Ah yes, I failed to conform.
This hurts my head!
@@mentalflosserin I graduated and I still google which is which.
@@terrafirma5327 I would too!
Graveyard and cemetery. Graveyards have churches. Cemeteries do not
I would like to give a pass on that though. When you use a word made up of common roots, those roots can be interpreted as having common meaning. So, a yard where there are graves would seem to be what a graveyard is.
Shocked and Electrocuted this drives me nuts when people use the wrong term "oh that wall outlet electrocuted me' "Oh so I'm talking to a dead person eh?"
There’s a difference?
@@pisces2569Electrocuted is when a fatal amount of electricity goes thru someone. A shock is non fatal. Something that hurts but doesn't kill might be called a severe electric
PODIUM and LECTERN!! 😂
And Dias and pulpit and plinth.
I really liked this!
I really dislike this pair: "inflammable" (meaning it can catch fire, i.e., flammable), and "non-flammable" (meaning it will not catch fire).
Flammable and inflammable both mean they burn and came from different linguistic sources. Inflammable (inflame; set afire) is the older word, came to us from French in the 1600's. Everyone understood it. Flammable dates from the 1800's, directly from the Latin and was introduced largely because government thought people were too ignorant to understand the older "inflammable" and began the dichotomy of flammable/non-flammable.
@@GryphonBrokewing I appreciate they came from different sources. It creates a real safety hazard since people DON'T understand inflammable=flammable.
The root of the problem is the garbled mess that is English. In some words "in" and "im" mean not. So, it's obvious how there is confusion. If it had been "enflame" rather than "inflame", I think there would not have been a problem.
Cement is to concrete as flour is to bread
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*flour
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Lagers vs. Ales vs. Beer. Beer is an umbrella term for alcohol made from malted grain (usually barley, but wheat and rye are also used). Lagers are fermented at a temperature between 50º F and 60º, and they ferment from the bottom up. Ales are fermented between 60ºF and 70º (or even higher for some styles), and they ferment from the top down. Lagers are not ales and ales are not lagers (although hybrids exist). They are all beers. Within the lager and ale families are styles, such as Pilsners, Bocks, and Schwarzbiers (lagers) and Irish Reds, Saisons, Stouts, and Porters (ales).
Lately I've been going crazy when people say "less" but mean "fewer."
close enough welcome back stannis baratheon
Especially in advertising or news media! They should know better!
Yes!! If it's countable use fewer; if you measure it use less.
People I know including myself have confused contempt with content and animosity with anonimity
Great dress, Erin!
thank you!!
Yes. Very cheery!
HooWee! Where to start?! "Verification versus Validation" - those two make my teeth itch when people use them incorrectly. And, "Accuracy and Precsion" are sadly abused to the point that I just sigh now. And, probably one of the harder ones to not cringe on is "moot vs mute" - I've been learning to not say, "you're an idiot" out loud...it's a slow process...
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Another classic video, so helpful, and such amazing presentation!
I guess the two for me are affect and effect, and iced tea and sweet tea.
I get annoyed when the term “high tea” is used for a fancy afternoon tea. That’s a “low tea”!
A high tea is a substantial working class meal.
A high tea is eaten while seating at a high table. A low tea is typically served on low tables, coffee tables, occasional tables.
I hate when people mix up accept and except.
Whenever. someone says they're nauseous I struggle to not say, "I think you're good company. You don't make me feel queasy at all. Nauseated and nauseous aren't exactly the same.
My major professor would get mad at what he considered the misuse of the term "online". To him, a nuclear engineer, online only meant powered by the power grid. He's the only one I've ever heard complain about it.
Nauseous (something unpleasant smelling or tasting that brings about nausea) vs nauseated (the state of feeling nausea).
Lego and Duplo
Subconscious vs unconscious
roof vs ceiling
Asphalt concrete is what many roads are made of. Cement concrete is what you featured.
Thank you for the extra layer of pedantry! I have learned a thing today! 🎉❤
The words flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. Do historic and historical mean the same thing?
They mean the same thing, but are used in different contexts.
"Historical is used as the general term for describing history, such as 'the historical record,' while historic is now usually reserved for important and famous moments in history, such as 'a historic battle."
-Merriam-Webster
so many say BOAT when it is a ship(!!!!!) - a submarine is called a boat, because it "sinks" - a SHIP is a sea worthy craft / would you want to cross the ocean in a row boat!
Not everyone’s a sailor. Also I assume you got subsurface qual’d on an SS/BN.
Source: (SW/AW) qualified.
truth!!
I mean... People do row across oceans and it's weird calling those vessels ships.
Calling subs boats because they sink is weird - other boats are not supposed to sink!
Pretty sure a lot of these differences can be labeled "Word Crimes", as amazing singer Weird Al Yankovic describes them. There IS a difference between doing good and doing well! :P
Heh heh, we should all be doing well by doing good!
@@Mattteus Hehe, yeah! :P
This is rich territory for list videos. Bag vs. sack, coat vs. jacket, hat vs. cap, etc.
I work in accessibility consulting for buildings. People often think accessibility and universal design are the same thing. In reality, accessibility is built with a certain user group in mind, while universal design is meant to be suitable for as many people as possible.
I had always thought that gelato was fancy ice cream, then I had some.
Ice cream is far superior.
Instants and Instance... this one is so colloquially irritating.
A hook isn't necessarily the best distinction between knitting and crocheting, since knitting needles can sometimes have hook (and can use crochet hooks at certain points). And there are crochet stitches that can have the look of knits.
A better distinction is crocheting has a single active stitch (i.e. loop) worked on a single hook, where knitting has a loop for every stitch in the row actively on one of two needles.
And then there's Tunisian crochet to make it all more confusing.
I crochet and people always say “oh cool, you knit!” and I burn a little inside. But when people recognise crocheting, I love it. I guess the point is knowing the basic difference can make someone’s day.
7:36 as an europian who doesn't know a thing about baseball, she migh as well speak ancient chinese here xD
I’m an American who only knows the basics of baseball. It too sounds like ancient Chinese to me
Abbreviation vs acronym
Drinking Folgers coffee with Coffee Mate Pumpkin Spice creamer...while watching this video!
"Comprised of" not "comprising."
is this a safe space to say that macaroons are better than macarons probably not huh
wow this is a scalding hot take
@@mentalflosserin as long as it's just between me and the internet i'm sure it'll be fine
@@ellengutoskey2604😂😂
You can state your opinion, and others are free to disagree with it.
@@丫o thanks yo
If you want to explain the word factoid, you should explain the suffix oid. Understanding that makes it clear how the word came to be.
I hate when people use the term “forte” pronounced “for-TAY” to mean “strength.” The word they are intending to use is “forte” (pronounced “fort”). The two words are spelled the same but came to English via two different languages. “For-TAY” is Italian and comes from music - it means louder. “Fort” is from French and means “strength.”
It always drove me nuts when people confused an SD card with a SIM card. At least with SD cards starting to be phased out in phones, it's becoming less and less of a problem.
Excellent.
You needed to mention the difference between jelly, jam, preserves and marmalade.
The title of the video specifically said “pairs”, not “groups of words”
Jelly and Jam was number 10 👍
Theory and Hypothesis... not the same thing.
Concrete doesn't "set"...it cures.
I like your dress (blouse?).
My personal pet peeve is when people miss use good when they mean well. Good is an opinion. Well is a state of being. So when someone asks "How are you doing?" You are supposed to reply "I am well." Not "I am good."
"I am good," would be bragging. "I am well," describes my perceived state of wellbeing.
You can be pedantic all you want, and that's all well and good. But it is of my opinion that I'm good
you assume the reply is a reference to the state of being since the question lacks specificity.
You ask "How are you doing?" i can respond with my state of being (well), or I can respond that I am good, indicating that I am doing good as opposed to doing evil.
supposedly vs supposably
Decimate 😡
"Decimate" means "to reduce by a tenth". If you're misusing it, the word you probably want is "devastate".
I thought decimate meant reduce TO a tenth
@@EvilBadgerUK It was a rarely used punishment or way to enforce obedience by the Romans. They would in theory kill 10% of the soldiers to make the others fall in line. In reality, it often led to the soldiers killing their officer for doing so. While there are historical records of it being used, its more of a myth than a common practice.
@@terrafirma5327 Thanks for the clarification 👍
Although “decimate” literally means “reduce to a tenth” it has - like many words - shifted its meaning over the centuries and it is now perfectly correct to use it to mean “destroy utterly.” The original etymology of a word does not always define its common usage and - in language - common usage trumps original etymology every time.
@dalehoustman4737 Disregarding whatever the popular usage of the term currently may be, to “decimate” literally meant to reduce _by_ one tenth, not _to_ a tenth, originally.
It was an archaic punishment of Roman troops to select by lot and kill every tenth soldier thereof, leaving 90 percent left.
This definition can be found in Merriam Webster’s dictionary.
I can never understand the difference between affect and effect
Effects affect you, not the other way around.
Effect refers to a result usually, whereas affect refers to things or events that can alter something taking place.
Affect describes mood or demeanor. "The patient had an odd affect."
Edit: Here, it is used as an adjective.
@@JohnnyAngel8 I'm afraid that is not correct. To affect is a verb, never anything else. To use your example, we could say that the medication had an odd effect on the patient, it affected him very much.
Remember, movies have special effects, their quality affects one's enjoyment of the movie.
Effect is usually a noun, it means a change or a result. Affect is a verb, it means an impact on something.
@@XofHope Affect is a noun, not an adjective. My bad.
Yet, it is a noun but specific to the field of behavior.
affect3 | ˈaˌfek(t) |
noun Psychology
emotion or desire, especially as influencing behavior or action.
USAGE
Affect and effect are both verbs and nouns, but only effect is common as a noun, usually meaning ‘a result, consequence, impression, etc.’: my father's warnings had no effect on my adventurousness. The noun affect is restricted almost entirely to psychology (see affect3). As verbs, they are used differently. Affect most commonly means ‘produce an effect on, influence’: smoking during pregnancy can affect the baby's development. Affect also means ‘pretend to have or feel (something)’ (see affect2): she affected a concern for those who had lost their jobs. Effect means ‘bring about’: the negotiators effected an agreement despite many difficulties.
my understanding is that a perfect game consists of the pitcher who pitched it throwing exactly 81 strikes. - striking out every batter in three pitches.
BC is after the number. (58 Before Christ) AD is always before the number. (Year of our Lord 2024, Anno Domini 2024)
Now they use BC and BCE because not everyone believes Christ is Lord (Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus....)
AD isn’t written unless necessary: if the era isn’t specified, it’s assumed to be AD.
That said, outside of religious communities, BC and AD have largely been replaced by BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era) respectively, and both always follow the year (e.g., 22,000 Before Common Era, 1987 Common Era).
@@丫ooooohhhhhh that’s why I sometimes see those abbreviations
Never get political. It ruins the fun Erin. Disappointing.
Wtf
At first I thought you meant the reference to Catherine de Medici.....
Referring to "equality", more than likely. So this person calling it "political"?
I will zip my lip instead of commenting further.
In my opinion, there's nothing political about neutrally explaining the difference between commonly confused/misused words. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Indeed, getting political in the comments when we are talking semantics and history is not pleasant. You can see yourself out :)