Pairs of Words (Part 2)

(1)

(a) Angel
(b) Angle

(a) A spirit who is believed to be a messenger or servant of God.
(b) The space between two lines or surfaces at the point at which they touch each other, measured in degrees.

(a) God sent his message through angels.
(b) There are three angles in a triangle.

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(2)

(a) Apposite
(b) Opposite

(a) Very appropriate for a particular situation or in relation to something.
(b) On the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually6 facing them.

(a) Your reply is quite proper and apposite.
(b) My house is just opposite to the post office..

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(3)

(a) Cloth
(b) Clothes

(a) Fabric made by weaving or knitting cotton, wool, silk, etc.
(b) The things that you wear, such as trousers/pants, dresses and jackets.

(a) She bought a piece of cloth.
(b) She wears simple clothes.

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(4)

(a) Ballet
(b) Ballot

(a) A style of dancing that tells a dramatic story with music but no talking or singing.
(b) A system or occasion of secret voting

(a) She is a ballet dancer.
(b) We put our ballot papers in the box.

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(5)

(a) Boar
(b) Bore

(a) A wild pig
(b) To make a hole with a tool or by digging.

(a) We saw a boar in the forest.
(b) He bored a hole in the plank.



Cheers!
Naeem