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Learning English Vocabulary

Easily confused words

Oct 16, 2023
Learn about commonly confused words like 'sensible' and 'sensitive' and hear a funny story about Mike's cake mishap. Discover the differences between 'receipt' and 'recipe', 'desert' and 'dessert', and 'bored' and 'boring', with a vocabulary quiz to test your understanding.
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Quick takeaways

  • Receipt and recipe are easily confused words, with receipt referring to a payment confirmation document and recipe referring to cooking instructions.
  • Desert and dessert are frequently mixed up, with desert meaning an arid area and dessert meaning a sweet food course after a meal.

Deep dives

Confusing Words: Receipt and Recipe

In this episode, the podcast explores the confusion between the words `receipt` and `recipe`. A receipt is a document that confirms a payment, while a recipe is a set of cooking instructions. The story of Mike's baking mishap illustrates the confusion that can arise when these words are mixed up. Mike mistakenly bought salt instead of sugar, as the receipt said salt, but the recipe called for sugar.

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