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Confusables Entry 1017 / 1350 60-second read

Bough vs. Bow

A branch versus a bend, weapon, or ribbon.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The children climbed the lowest bow of the tree.

✓ Correct

The children climbed the lowest bough of the tree.

The ruleii

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.

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