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This tag is for questions about the difference in meaning between certain words, phrases, or sentences.
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"I should be doing my homework." Vs. "I should do my homework."
The first sentence implies right now ,the second sentence does not. For example:
I should be doing my homework now instead of playing video games.
as opposed to:
Every day I should do my homework …
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Difference between don't, won't and wouldn't in the below mentioned example
The first is the most common. It implies they must hurry up in the very near future to make the flight. The third implies an act of volition or will; they must choose a faster pace of events or they …
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What is the difference between robbing and stealing?
They are used in slightly different contexts. In describing the object we would say:"The car was stolen." rather than "The car was robbed."
Also we could say:"The car was stolen from me."
In descri …
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difference between “go up to” and “go up”
Slightly different meanings. Going up the mountain would be used if you were on the mountain and in the process of ascending it.
Going up to the mountain would be used if you were not on the mountain …
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'impressionable' vs. 'suggestible'
From Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
"impressionable - describes someone, usually a young person, who is very easily influenced by the people around them and by what they are told, and who sometimes c …
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What is the difference between "tall and high?"
Tall is an adjective describing a characteristic of an object:
The man is tall.
The building is tall.
The ant is not tall.
High describes where the object is:
How high is that cloud?
Height desc …
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Difference between "if only" and "only if"
Consider the following three sentences:
If I had the money, I would get the operation.
If only I had the money, I would get the operation.
I would get the operation only if I had the money.
The fi …
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