Confused and Misused Words In English Vocabulary (7)

HAPLESS Vs HOPELESS                GAMBLE Vs GAMBOL                                                                                  DANCE Vs DUNCE
        CYMBAL Vs SYMBOL                      CROAK Vs CROOK

                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                        

 HAPLESS Vs HOPELESS

HAPLESS (Adj.)-

Meaning:-

• Not lucky, unfortunate

Usages:-

1. She is hapless.
2. The hapless victims of exploitation.

HOPELESS (Adj.)-
Meaning:-

• No hope, without hope, very bad situation

Usages:-

1. He felt that his life was a hopeless mess.
2. It is hopeless trying to convince her.

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GAMBLE Vs GAMBOL

GAMBLE (N/V)-

Meaning:-

• To risk money on a card game, horse race, etc
• To risk losing something in the hope of being successful

Usages:-

1. It was wrong to gamble with our children's future.
2. He gambles on horses race.

GAMBOL (V)-
Meaning:-

• To Jump or run playfully

Usages:-

1. Horses are gamboling in the field.
2. Children are gamboling in the park.

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DANCE Vs DUNCE

DANCE (N/V)-

Meaning:-

• To move your body to sound and rhythm of music
• A series of movements and steps that are performed to music
• To move in a lively way

Usages:-

1. Girls dance very well.
2. Everyone should dance in party.

DUNCE (N)-

Meaning:-

• A person, especially a child at school, who is stupid or slow to learn

Usages:-

1. Ramu is a dunce.
2. He is dunce of his class.

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CYMBAL Vs SYMBOL

CYMBAL (N)-

Meaning:-

• A musical instrument in the form of a round metal plate.

Usages:-

1. The sound of cymbals crashing.
2. A clash of cymbal is a part of our orchestra.

SYMBOL (N)-

Meaning:-

• A sign, number, letter, etc. that has fixed meaning

Usages:-

1. Eggs are seen as the symbol of new life.
2. A message written in symbols.

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CROAK Vs CROOK

CROAK (N/V)-

Meaning:-

• To speak or say something with a rough low voice
• To make a rough sound, like the sound a frog makes

Usages:-

1. He croaked to the manager.
2. A frog croaked by the water.

CROOK (N/V/Adj.)-

Meaning:-

• A dishonest person, criminal (N)
• To bend your finger or arm (V)
• ILL or Sick (Adj.)

Usages:-

1. That Police man is a crook.
2. Ajay crooked his finger down.

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