Commonly Confused Words #1 and #2

anecdote

• a short story of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
• something that prevents or counteracts (usually against a poison)
• a piece of firm cloth backed or framed and used for painting
• to examine something in detail
• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness

antidote

• something that prevents or counteracts (usually against a poison)
• a piece of firm cloth backed or framed and used for painting
• to examine something in detail
• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something

canvas

• a piece of firm cloth backed or framed and used for painting
• to examine something in detail
• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something
• to express indirectly, to talk around something

canvass

• to examine something in detail
• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something
• to express indirectly, to talk around something
• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion

faint

• (n) hardly able to be seen OR (v) to become weak or lose consciousness
• to fake or pretend something
• to express indirectly, to talk around something
• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion
• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it

feint

• to fake or pretend something
• to express indirectly, to talk around something
• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion
• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it
• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing

imply

• to express indirectly, to talk around something
• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion
• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it
• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future

infer

• to use logic and clues to come to a conclusion
• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it
• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future

complement

• to complete or enhance something by adding something to it
• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future
• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)

compliment

• to express admiration, affection, or respect to person/thing
• looking at the brighter or good side of things, having hope for the future
• looking at the negative side of things, thinking negatively of the future
• a hard, thickened area on skin or bark (calluses on feet or hands)
• being emotionally or psychologically hardened, feeling little or no emotion