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Commonly confused adjectives
Pairs of adjectives that look almost the same but mean different things.
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economicNot to be confused with economical.
connected with trade, industry and a country's moneyeconomic-economical
economicalNot to be confused with economic.
using money or resources carefully, without wasteeconomic-economical
historicNot to be confused with historical.
important enough to be remembered as part of historyhistoric-historical
historicalNot to be confused with historic.
connected with the past or with the study of the pasthistoric-historical
classicNot to be confused with classical.
long admired as an excellent, typical example of its kindclassic-classical
classicalNot to be confused with classic.
belonging to ancient Greece and Rome, or to serious traditional musicclassic-classical
sensibleNot to be confused with sensitive.
showing good judgement; practicalsensible-sensitive
sensitiveNot to be confused with sensible.
easily hurt or upset by what others say or dosensible-sensitive
continualNot to be confused with continuous.
happening again and again, often in an annoying waycontinual-continuous
continuousNot to be confused with continual.
going on without any breakcontinual-continuous
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