Usage

I forget is used for present tense and I forgot is used for past tense. Forgot is the past tense of the irregular verb forget, which means unable to remember something. It’s easy to see that I forget and I forgot have different tenses, but it can be hard to choose whether to use I … Read more

Output is the result of a process in business like manufacturing or agriculture while outcome is the result of an event like an election or meeting.Both nouns may seem to be similar, but they differ in meaning. When to Use Output Output as a Noun Used in technical and business terms, there are at least … Read more

Sensible is widely used and has several meanings unlike sensical, which doesn’t exist in dictionaries.Sensical is used as an antonym for nonsensical. Nonsensical means unreasonable, silly, or absurd while sensical,like sensible in one sense, means reasonable, rational, or logical. Commonsensical is another adjective that’s closely related to sensical. It’s from the phrase “common sense”. The … Read more

Whom is the objective form of who while whose is a possessive pronoun. In everyday written or spoken English, who is more often used than whom as an object pronoun because most native speakers find whom too formal or unnatural. When to Use Whom Who refers to the subject of a sentence or someone who … Read more

Soar is a regular verb that means to increase or rise to a high level. Sore on the other hand is an adjective that pertains to something annoying, painful, or upsetting. Soar andsore may sound the same, but these words are different in more ways than just their spelling. Both soar and sore can also … Read more

“Price” is what something costs while “prize” is an award or reward given for achieving something. Price vs. prize – knowing the difference can be confusing as some people get it backward. This is especially true when one person says it to another, and a third person joins the conversation, because that third person has … Read more

Fulfil with one ‘L’ is the British English spelling and fulfill with the ‘LL’ ending is the American English spelling. Fulfil and fulfill are different in the way that they are spelled and the countries where they are used. But there is no difference in the meaning of the words. Fulfil or fulfill means to … Read more

llicit is an adjective that means not allowed by laws, while elicit is a verb that means to get something from someone, such as a response or reaction. Illicit and elicit may sound almost the same, but they are different words. When to Use Illicit We use Illicit as an adjective when describing something illegal … Read more

Backward and backwards may almost sound and be spelled the same, but they have different usage. Backward (the one without the letter “s”) is an adjective, while backwards is an adverb. Both have close meanings and talk about toward the opposite direction, but they are used differently. In most cases, as an adjective, backward needs … Read more

Probability and possibility are both used as nouns and can’t be used interchangeably. Although they have almost the same meanings, there is a little difference. Probability means something may happen, but it is more likely to happen. Meanwhile, possibility means something may happen, but we don’t know how likely. It describes the uncertainty of whether … Read more