“The children climbed the lowest bow of the tree.”
Confusables Entry 1017 / 1350 60-second read
Bough vs. Bow
A branch versus a bend, weapon, or ribbon.
The comparisoni
“The children climbed the lowest bough of the tree.”
The ruleii
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BOUGH = branch. BOW = bend / weapon / knot.
BOUGH (rhymes with COW) is a main branch of a tree. BOW can be a knot, an archer's weapon, the front of a ship, or a bend at the waist.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
A bouGH is a Green limb.