Grammar Tips

Adapt vs Adopt - Adapt is used either when a change is made to make something more suitable for a particular use or when adjusting to a new place. Adopt is used when something is…

Between vs Among - Between is used when referring to two objects or people, and among is used when referring to three or more things or people.

Result in means to cause (something) to happen or to produce (something) as a result. Yield means to produce (something).

Raise vs Rise - Raise is a transitive verb that means ‘to move something upwards or lift something to a higher level. Rise is an intransitive verb that means ‘something moves…

Assure means making a promise or giving a guarantee to help people overcome fear, anxiety, or insecurity about something. Ensure means making sure that something will or will not…

Affect vs Effect - In most cases, affect works as a verb as it influences or impacts something. Usually, effect works as a noun. It is the result of an impact or an action on…

Rare vs Scarce - ‘Rare’ means unique. It indicates that the frequency of something happening or existing is less. Moreover, all scarce items are not rare! At times, non-rare or…

While few connotes a negligible quantity or an insignificantly small number, a few signifies 'some' or 'a handful.'

Precede vs Proceed - Precede means to happen before something or to go in front of someone. Proceed means to continue or to go/move forward.

Most of us interchange the phrases in this paper and in this study quite liberally. Both phrases help the author to set the context and are usually used within the premises of…

Adsorption vs Absorption - Absorption is a chemical or physical process by which an ion, atom, or molecule enters a gas, liquid, or solid. Adsorption is the physical process by…