percussion
Percussion is music involving drums and other instruments such as gongs, bells, cymbals, rattles, and tambourines. The instruments themselves are also called percussion.
dual / duel
Seeing double? Not quite! Dual is two, or double, but a duel is a fight. If you’re getting sick of your fair-weather friend’s dual personality, perhaps you should throw down your glove and challenge him to a duel at high noon.
grisly / gristly / grizzly
Blood, guts, and man-eaters, oh my! Faint of heart turn back now! Grisly means relating to horror or disgust, gristly means related to gristle or cartilage, and grizzly is a big ol' bear. That can eat you.
precedent / president
How has the United States affected this word pair, precedent and president? Let's find out.
unconscionable / unconscious
These two words look and sound similar. In fact, if you think too hard about them together, you might find your tongue tripping over them.
