Confused Words Of English (4)

MORAL VS MORALE                                         MYSTIC VS MYSTIQUE     
          NOBBLE VS NOBLE                        NAVVY VS NAVY            ROGUE VS ROUGE        

                                                                                                       

MORAL Vs MORALE

MORAL(Adj/N):-
Meaning:-

• concerned with principles of right and wrong behaviour
• based on your sense of what is right and fair, not on legal right or duties
• principles of good behaviour(N) 
• a practical lesson that a story, an event or an experience teaches you (N)

Examples:-

1. And finally moral of story is "don't take bribe".
2. We have very less person with good morals.

MORALE(N):-
Meaning:-

• the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or group has at a particular time.

Examples:-

1. The moral of our army is very strong.
2. Our staff are suffering from low morale.

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MYSTIC VS MYSTIQUE

MYSTIC (Adj/N):-
Meaning:-

• something beyond human comprehension
• someone who believes in supernatural realities.
• a person who tries to be united with god through prayer and meditation and so understand important things that beyond normal human understanding (N)

Examples:-

1. Is he mystic ?
2. Theologians and mystics distinguish between eternal life and everlasting existence.

MYSTIQUE (N):-
Meaning:-

• the quality of being mysterious or secret that makes somebody or something seem interesting or attractive

Examples:-

1. Girls have certain mystique that attracts boys.
2. There is a certain mystique about the tiger.

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NOBBLE VS NOBLE

NOBBLE (V):-
Meaning:

• to prevent a horse from winning a race by giving drugs
• to persuade somebody to do what you want, especially illegally, by offering them money
• to prevent somebody from achieving what they want
• to catch somebody

Examples:-

1. The police nobbled the murder accused.
2. The horse was nobbled by a doping gang.

NOBLE (Adj/N):-
Meaning:

• Impressive in appearance
• belonging to the aristocracy by birth or rank
• having or showing an excellent character
• A titled peer of the realm (N)

Examples:-

1. Ramesh John belong to a family of noble descent.
2. He has a noble man character.

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 NAVVY VS NAVY

NAVVY (N):-
Meaning:-

• a person employed to do hard physical work, especially building roads etc.
• unskilled manual labourer who works on a building sites.

Examples:-

1. Two navvies were arguing on education of the present day.
2. A navvy could have given him points in daintiness.

NAVY (N):-
Meaning:

• the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea
• country's warships and their crews
• a dark shade of blue

Examples:-

1. He has joined the Navy.
2. He is an officer in the Indian Navy

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ROGUE VS ROUGE

ROGUE (Adj./N):-
Meaning:-

• a person who behaves badly, but in a harmless way
• dishonest or unprincipled man
• wild animal driven or living apart from the herd (Adj)

Examples:-

1. He is a bit of a rogue, but very charming.
2. People are scared of the rogue elephant.

ROUGE (V/N):-
Meaning:-

• a red powder used by women for giving colour to their cheeks

Examples:-

1. Actress always use rogue.
2. Does she use rouge ?

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