Advice, advise. These two words sound almost alike (near-homonyms) but are quite di erent parts of speech with dissimilar meanings. Advice is suggestions or guidance given to someone when he or she is advised by someone else. The rst word is a noun, while the second is a verb. Advise. See advice. Affect, effect.Commonly confused, these two words have different meanings despite their somewhat similar sound (mar-homonyms). A ect” is both a noun and a verb. As a verb it means to in uence how a thing happens or is experienced as a noun it has to do with emotions and attitudes and is used principally in psychological texts. “E ect” is also both a noun and a verb the noun means the result or outcome of some action, while the verb means to make something happen. Just as the noun “a ect” is little used in ordinary speech or writing, so e ect” as a verb is not very common. Inmost cases, the right choice fora verb is a ect,” and the right choice fora noun is effect Poverty has a bad effect on people it affects them adversely.” “The prisoners effected their escape, revealing little affect in the process.”
