Confused and Misused Words In English Vocabulary (5)

VALANCE VS VALENCE                                    BATH VS BATHE
            FORT VS FORTE                       HALF VS HUFF                  
                                   CALENDAR  VS CALENDER                 
                                                                                                                               

                 
                  VALANCE VS VALENCE
VALANCE (N)-
Meaning:-

• a short decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing, around the frame of a bed, etc.

Usages:-

1. The valance on your bed is very charming.
2. We have a beautiful valance.

VALENCE (N)-
Meaning:-

• a measurement  of the power of an atom to combine with others, by the number of hydrogen atoms it can combine with or displace
• power and ability to control

Usages:-

1. Carbon has a valency of 4.
2. The term also has new valence in the economics profession.

                                           BATH VS BATHE
BATH  (N/V)-
Meaning:-

• a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body (N)
• an act of washing your whole body (N)
• to wash body(V)
• to wash somethings/somebody(V) 

Usages:-

1. We should bath daily.
2. I take baths every Monday.

BATHE (V/N)-
Meaning:-

• to wash something with water, especially a part of your body
• to go swimming in the sea, a river, etc. fro enjoyment
• an act of swimming in the sea, a river, etc(N)

Usages:-

1. The moon bathed the country side in a silver light.
2. Bathe the wound and apply a clean dressing.

FORT VS FORTE

FORT(N/V)-
 Meaning:-

• building built in order to defend against attack
• a place where soldiers live and have their training
• to gather

Usages:-

1. Our army spent about a hour in the fort.
2. There are so many fort in India.

FORTE(N/Adj/Adv.)-
Meaning:-

• a strong point
• a thing that somebody does particularly well

Usages:-

1. English language is my forte.
2. Our army is our country's forte.

                                       HALF VS HUFF
HALF(N/Adj.)-
Meaning:-

• one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
• two equal parts of something

Usages:-

1. Half of 50 is 25.
2. Half of money is mine.

HUFF(N/V)-
Meaning:-

• blow hard and loudly (v)
• to say something or make a noise in a way that shows you are offended or annoyed

Usages:-

1. He huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain.
2. She huffed irritably about her husband.

             CALENDAR  VS CALENDER
CALENDAR(V/N)-
Meaning:-

• a page or series of pages showing the days, weeks and months of a particular year, especially one that you hang on a wall
• a record of what you have to do each day; the book in which you write this down

Usages:-

1. Check the calendar for appointment date.
2. Every record should be calendared.

CALENDER(N/V)-
Meaning:-

• a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth (N)
• press between rollers or plates so as to smooth and thin into sheets

Usages:-               

1. Ready the calender for calendering the cloths.

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