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Eleusian vs. Eleusinian (and, to a lesser extent, Elysian)
Both Eleusian and Eleusinian are used in relation to mysteries. I've only seen Elysian used in relation to Elysian Fields.
Given that the suffix -ian denotes "of or belonging to," I'm wondering if ...
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Difference between the use of “resilience” and “resiliency”
I constantly hear people use the word "resiliency" (especially sports broadcasters and the like). I've always used "resilience" instead. Is there a preferred word to use in any given situation?
As ...
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Difference between “presidentship” and “presidency”
What's the difference between presidentship and presidency? Please give examples to show the difference.
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“Extensible” vs. “extendible”
Where does the adjective form extensible come from and does it connote anything different than extendible? What's the difference, if any, between the two?
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Difference between “opacity” and “opaqueness”
What is the difference in the meaning und usage of the words opacity and opaqueness?
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Pronunciation difference between “cycle” and “psycho”
When I speak English, I can't tell the difference between cycle and psycho, I pronounce them the same.
And it's not only cycle vs. psycho; when words end in -le or -o, I always confusee them.
How to ...
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“Postfix” or “suffix”?
Wikipedia and The Free Dictionary were not much help — is there a practical difference in the semantics of suffix and postfix, except that the latter is more rare?
File name extensions are well ...
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What is the difference between “neurologic” and “neurological”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is it “geometric” but “theoretical”?
A Google search was not immediately helpful, but I found this document: ...
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Preciseness and precision
Fowler says to avoid -ion words to describe a state or quality and to instead choose -ness words for this purpose. -ion should describe a process or action.
Yet he writes:
So far as the words ...
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What is the difference between “electric” and “electrical” and their usage?
What is the difference between electric and electrical and their usage?
For example, what is the difference between "electrical machine" and "electric machine"?
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What's up with all the words ending with “-eth” in the Bible? [duplicate]
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What happened to the “-est” and “-eth” verb suffixes in English? How were they once used?
With all this rapture thing going on now, I noticed ...
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Which is the proper spelling: “Adapter” or “adaptor”?
In my current project we are writing a program to convert a newer protocol to an older one.
These conversion programs are being referred to as adapters, but the team cannot agree which spelling to ...
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Does 'symbolic' mean the same as 'symbolical', and should one be preferred?
Wikipedia's article on vespers contains this passage (my emphasis):
The name, however, by which it was most widely known during that period was Lucernalis or Lucernaria hora (l. c., 126). This ...
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What is the distinction between “among” and “amongst”?
It seems amongst is quite often used as a synonym for among but it is supposed to sound more distinguished. Is there any difference in the meaning?
