Confusables Entry 489 / 1011 60-second read

Apprise vs. Appraise

To inform versus to evaluate.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Please apprise me of the value.

✓ Correct

Please appraise the value.

The ruleii

APPRISE = inform. APPRAISE = evaluate.

APPRISE means to inform. APPRAISE means to evaluate or estimate value.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

AppraISe = estImate. AppRIse = Report."

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