Definitions of
sound-alike words: C (Part 2)
Part 1
- coarse
- rough, as in: Their garments were made of a coarse cloth.
- course
- (1) natural development, as in: The doctor said the disease must run its course.
- (2) a unit of study, as in: She got an A in that course.
- collision
- crash, as in: Was anyone hurt in the collision?
- collusion
- conspiracy, as in: The price rise was due to collusion among the manufacturers.
- coma
- unconscious state, as in: The accident victim was in a coma for six months.
- comma
- punctuation mark, as in: Use a comma to show where you would normally pause if you were reading the sentence out loud.
- command
- give an order, as in: That sounded more like a command than a request.
- commend
- praise, as in: I commend you for the effort in reading this list.
- commence
- begin, as in: We commence
work Monday at 9 A.M.
- comments
- remarks, as in: I appreciate your comments about this list.
- complement
- that which completes, as in: As an author, I need
input from readers to complement my point of view.
- compliment
- expression of praise, as in: Sometimes a critical remark is more useful than a compliment.
- comprehensible
- understandable, as in: I was surprised that the instructions were so comprehensible.
- comprehensive
- covering a wide area, as in: In order to graduate, one must take a comprehensive examination of the subject.
- confidant
- someone you tell secrets to, as in: He was always my best friend and confidant.
- confident
- self-assured, as in: Are you confident you can finish the project on schedule?
- confidentially
- spoken in a private manner, as in: Confidentially, I am looking for another job.
- confidently
- firmly assured, as in: You can confidently raise your arms in public if you use a CERTAIN brand of deodorant, according to their television commercial.
- conscience
- inner sense of right and wrong, as in: Wouldn't it
bother your conscience to lie to your friends?
- conscious
- aware or awake, as in: The patient was conscious for an hour, then relapsed into a coma.
- conservation
- protection from loss or waste, as in: We show concern about conservation of bandwidth by making efficient Web pages .
- conversation
- talk between people, as in: I very much enjoyed our conversation yesterday.
- consul
- representative of a foreign government, as in: For our next seminar about exporting, let's see if we can get a consul from an
Eastern European country to be a featured speaker.
- council
- elected or appointed group of people assembled for
governing or advising, as in: We're going to have to take that idea up with the town council.
- counsel
- (1) give advice or opinion, as in: Volunteers counsel the young people.
- (2) attorney, as in: I had this contract drawn up on advice of counsel.
- consular
- having to do with the representative of a foreign government, as in: Phone Wieslaw Czyzowicz, the man in charge of consular affairs at the Polish Consulate.
- councilor
- appointed or elected member of a council, as in: As councilor for this township, I welcome your ideas.
- counselor
- advisor, as in: You need a letter from your guidance counselor for your scholarship application.
- continual
- occurring frequently and regularly, as in: Every night we are disturbed by the continual barking of your dog.
- continuous
- unbroken, as in: He writes his name in one long, continuous line.
- contiguous
- adjacent or touching, as in: The contiguous states of the United States do not include Alaska and Hawaii.
- cooperation
- work together for a common purpose, as in: Many people believe cooperation will help you succeed more than competition will.
- corporation
- a business structure, as in: A corporation is established by the authority of a state government and
exists independent of the people who own it.
- core
- central or essential part, as in: A good communicator emphasizes the core of the message.
- corps
- a group of people who act as a body rather than as individuals, as in: She was satisfied to dance with the corps de ballet rather become a soloist.
- corespondents
- joint defendants in a court case, as in: The bank
official and his secretary were corespondents in the divorce trial.
- correspondence
- exchange of letters, as in: I'm so busy with work it's hard to keep up with my correspondence.
- costume
- specialized style of dress, as in: I wore a peasant costume to the Renaissance Fair.
- custom
- habitual practice, as in: In the United States, business people have the custom of shaking hands when they meet.
- courtesy
- politeness, as in: Your staff extended me every courtesy during my stay at your hotel.
- curtsy
- bow with bended knees, as in: When a woman is presented to the Queen, she is expected to curtsy.
- credible
- believable, as in: Unfortunately, we don't have a credible witness to the crime.
- creditable
- praiseworthy, as in: He did a creditable job in winning us that contract.
- credulous
- gullible, as in: What kind of credulous fool do you think I am, to believe in such an impossible scheme?
- critic
- one who evaluates, as in: The critic gave the new movie a favorable review.
- critique
- a formal analysis of a work, as in: Please send your request for a site review to the HWG critique mailing list.
- cue
- signal to begin, as in: At the meeting, I won't say anything until I get the cue from you.
- queue
- people in line, as in: We had to wait in the queue to get tickets for the movie.
- currant
- a berry, as in: I made some fresh currant jam to go with the biscuits.
- current
- up to date, as in: The current issue of Internet World has some good information on graphics design.
This list of definitions can't replace your dictionary. Rather
than discussing every possible meaning of the words on this list,
I try to show how one word differs from another in a group of words that sound or
look very much alike.
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