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.


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.



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.



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.



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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