Hi dear English learners! Have you ever wondered whether (or if?) there is a difference between whether and if? They seem to be synonymous but are they really interchangeable? I can tell you that there are some differences in their use. Let’s find out – whether or if – what’s the difference?
The reason why English learners often confuse these two verbs is probably that in most languages, there is no difference between wish and hope. The main point is that these two verbs are similar; they both express desire, or in other words, they mean “to want something”.
Hi dear English learners! Have you ever wanted to be alone because you needed some time for yourself? Has there been another occasion when you longed for someone’s company and felt lonely? I get this question a lot so I thought it wouldn’t be a bother to explain the difference between alone and lonely. Both words are adjectives and I’ve seen them considered synonymous in many dictionaries but they happen to be quite different.
Hi dear English students. You might have wondered which word to use and you weren’t sure. Are the words allow, permit, let and enable synonymous and what is the difference between them? That’s the topic of today’s blog entry. Well, we can say that allow, permit and let are synonymous words and they mean ‘to give permission‘. However, enable is different; it means to make it possible for someone to do something and it has nothing do to with permission but with ability.
Hi English learners! Were you surprised when you found out that rivers don’t have coasts but banks? Well, that’s right. In today’s lesson, we will clear out the difference between beach, bank, coast, shore.
Beach, bank, coast and shore all refer to the edge of the land by a body of water. But what is the difference between these words? Are they just synonymous or do they differ in meaning? Let’s find out!
What is the difference between able and capable? Is there a difference at all? These two words are very similar and very often we just can’t tell the difference, but let’s try to clear things out.
In this blog post, we will be discussing the difference between the two commonly confused words: between and among. These words are synonymous and they are both prepositions. The point is that they are often confused not only by English learners but also by native English speakers.
