Answers to Quiz 12

                   Confusing words

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1. What is the difference between 'magnate' and 'magnet'?
   A 'magnate' is a person with great wealth or influence; a 'magnet' is a piece of iron or other substance that attracts iron
2. What is the difference between 'yoke' and 'yolk'?
   'Yoke' means a connecting bar or bond; a 'yolk' is the yellow part of an egg
3. What is the difference between 'gild' and 'guild'?
   'Gild' means to cover with gold or make golden in colour; 'guild' is an organization of craftsmen, tradespeople, or other people with similar or related interests
4. What is the difference between 'gamble' and 'gambol'?
   'Gamble' means to take a risk on a game of chance; 'gambol' means to skip and jump playfully
5. What is the difference between 'Gaelic' and 'Gallic'?
   'Gaelic' refers to the Celtic languages of Scotland and Ireland; 'Gallic' means 'of France or the French'
6. What is the difference between 'pedal' and 'peddle'?
   'Pedal' refers to a foot-operated lever; to 'peddle' is to sell small articles or illegal goods, or to put forward ideas or information
7. What is the difference between 'unwanted' and 'unwonted'?
   'Unwanted' means 'not wanted'; 'unwonted' means 'out of the ordinary, unusual'
8. What is the difference between 'punctilious' and 'punctual'?
   'Punctilious' means scrupulously correct or attentive to detail; 'punctual' means prompt, exactly on time
9. What is the difference between 'brooch' and 'broach'?
   A 'brooch' is a piece of jewellery that is pinned to a garment; to 'broach' is to introduce or mention, or to open a barrel or bottle, or to swerve dangerously in a following sea.
10. What is the difference between 'bathos' and 'pathos'?
    'Bathos' means 'anticlimax'; 'pathos' refers to a quality that evokes pity or compassion

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