confusing words – 5
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Continuous
Continuous means constant, without interruption.
Continual
Continual means recurring or frequently repeated.
Different than & different from
People commonly use than with different, but than is used for comparisons, and different is not
comparative. Different from is preferred.
Miss. Phillips was considered brainless, but she was different from other teachers
Emigrate
Emigrate means to move away from one’s country. Salman Rushdie emigrated from India.
Immigrate
Immigrate
means to come to live permanently in a country that is not your own (to move into another country). They immigrated to India.
Migrate
Migrate, means to move from one country, place, or locality to another or periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals:
Parasite worms migrating from the lungs to the liver.
