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confusing words - 5

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Days

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

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.