OFTEN CONFUSED WORDS (PLOUGH/PLOW)
24 / 10 / 2018
OFTEN CONFUSED WORDS (PLOUGH/PLOW): meaning and examples
Happy Wednesday and good morning, Daily Vitamin followers!
This week, we are focusing on often-confused words. Today's words are PLOUGH vs. PLOW.
Definition of PLOUGH: UK spelling of a farm tool used to break the soil before planting seeds or plants, and for breaking snow. It is also the verb for the action of breaking the soil or snow.
Example 1: He used a plough to plough the farmland.
Definition of PLOW: US spelling of a farm tool used to break the soil before planting seeds or plants, and for breaking snow. It is also the verb for the action of breaking the soil or snow.
Example 2: He plowed the snow around their house after the big snowstorm.
These words are pronounced the same as a verb and a noun. There is, of course, a slight variation in the pronunciation depending on the dialect. You can listen to the difference here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/plough.
That's all for today! Thank you for reading.
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