Confusing Words C - Series

                    CONFUSING WORDS C - SERIES

Ø  CADDIE A person who carries your golf clubs

CADDY - a container for Tea

Ø CAN (to be able to) - I can drive your car:

 MAY (suggesting possibility; seeking or giving permission;      expressing a wish or hope) - 1. I may drive your car. 2. May 1 drive your car? 3. May you have a nice drive.

Ø  CANAL (man-made waterway mainly for inland navigation or irrigation) - The Suez Canal provides the fastest crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.

CHANNEL (stretch of water joining two seas) - The English Channel links the North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, connecting Britain and France.

Ø  CANNON (a big gun) - This place is famous for the cannons discovered in the archaeological survey.

CANON (rule or body of rules) - This is the fundamental canon of morality and we must observe It.

    

Ø  CANVASS (to solicit, propagate, seek support for) - Political canvassing is getting louder these days.

CANVAS (heavy closely woven fabric) -- Once he started working on the canvas, he was lost to the world.

 

Ø  CALENDAR (almanac, itinerary) - According to the calendar, your birthday falls on a Sunday.

CALENDER (a pressing machine) - We manufacture calenders for the textile industry.

    

Ø  CARELESS (negligent, indifferent, opposite of careful) - He is very careless in his studies.

CAREFREE (without worry, gay) - He led a carefree life till his first heart attack.

   

Ø  CARGO (goods carried as freight by sea, road or air) -Cargo piled up at the ports as the workers went on strike.

SHIPMENT (goods shipped together as part of the same cargo) - The terrorists had sent the deadly shipment concealed in a cargo of plastic goods.

    

Ø  CAST (actors in a play; throw) - This film has a very interesting cast.

CASTE (a social class separated by distinctions of rank, profession or wealth) - The caste system in India is indeed irrational.

Ø  CATHOLIC (means Roman Catholic, when used with a capital C) - Peter is a devout Catholic who never misses church.

CATHOLIC (means liberal or comprehensive, used with a small c) - He has a catholic taste.

   

Ø  CEASE (stop, terminate, perish) - The office ceased to function after his demise.

SEIZE (to take possession of) - A huge cache of arms was seized from the dacoit.

SIEGE (blockade of any place by the armed forces) - The army organised a siege to flush out every terrorist from the area.

   

Ø  CENSER - container for incense (agarbatti)

CENSOR - to examine books, films etc before public release

 CENSURE - to disapprove

    

Ø  CESSATION (break, standstill, end) - There ap^pears to be no chance of any cessation in the civil war in Somalia.

CESSION (giving up or yielding) - The cession of part of the land was expected to end the family dispute.

    

Ø  CHILDISH (immature, foolish, infantile) - She thought others found her childish behaviour charming.

CHILDLIKE (innocent, cute) - Her childlike joy at seeing every gift of nature was very charming.

  

Ø  CHORD (a combination of notes that blend together harmoniously when sounded together; a straight line connecting two points on a curve) - He waited for her to come, idly striking mournful chords on his guitar.

CORD (a thin rope, a thick strong string) - The cords of the Venetian blinds were in a tangle, making it impossible to open the blinds.

   

Ø  COARSE (rough, crude) - The coarse manner in which they greeted us left a bad feeling in our hearts.

COURSE (line of action) - The government must immediately decide on the course of action of reforms.

Ø  COMPLACENT (contended, self-satisfied, smug) ‑Complacency i-s the first indication of imminent downfall.

COMPLAISANT (amiable, cheerfully obliging, eager to please) - An excessively complaisant attitude reeks of sycophancy.

Ø  COMPLIMENT (praise; commendation) - The Principal complimented her for her achievement in the national sports meet.

COMPLEMENT (match; completing part; a quantity of people or things that is considered complete) - 1. One's actions should complement one's words. 2. The enemy had no optior, but to surrender when faced with the full complement of our might^y warships and lethal submarines.

Ø  COMPLIMENTARY (commending, flattering) - His complimentary remarks fell ui, deaf ears as she missed the presence of '7er father at the function.

COMPLEMENTARY (something that completes; making a pair or whole; dependent, ancillary; either of two angles that together make a right angle) - His wife sarcastically complimented him for finally managing to find two complementary socks.

Ø  CONFIDANT (a trusted person who you share secrets with) - All of us feel the need for a confidant at times.

CONFIDENT (assured, positive) - Regular practice will give you the much required confidence to face the final examination.

    

Ø  CONSCIOUS (aware, cognizant) - Be conscious of your duties if you wish to succeed,

CONSCIENTIOUS (ethical, moral, virtuous) - A conscientious attitude may not always be very practical.

AWARE (alert, attentive, knowledgeable) - He was aware of the dangerously rising rate of inflation.

  

Ø  CONSEQUENT (happening as a result of something) - We are careless about disposing our waste and the consequent damage is killing our rivers.

SUBSEQUENT (happening after something) - Fortunately, the bridge collapsed subsequent to our departure.

Ø  CONTINUAL (frequent, recurring) - The continual occurrence of riots has made the administration jittery.

CONTINUOUS (endless, perpetual) - His continuous aerobics performance for 50 hours made him famous.

    

Ø  CORPORAL (pertaining to the body) Corporal punishment is not a healthy way to discipline children.

CORPOREAL (physical and not spiritual; of the body) - We cannot expect ghosts to have a corporeal existence.

    

Ø CORPS - a body of people

CORPSE - a dead body

COPSE - a group of trees

    

Ø  COUNCIL (assembly) - An emergency meeting of the council was called.

COUNSEL (advice) - He gave me good counsel though it did not appeal to me at first.

CONSUL (government official looking after country's interests and people in a foreign land) - Mr. Peter was the British consul in Sri Lanka.

   

Ø  CYGNET - a young swan

SIGNET - a seal; often set in a ring