“We need to canvas the users for their feedback.”
Confusables Entry 92 / 1011 60-second read
Canvas vs. Canvass
A heavy fabric versus a survey of opinions.
The comparisoni
“We need to canvass the users for their feedback.”
More examplesii
01
We should canvas the developers about the new IDE.
We should canvass the developers about the new IDE.
02
The boat's sails were made of canvass.
The boat's sails were made of canvas.
The ruleiii
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CANVAS = a heavy, coarse cloth (noun).
They are homophones. In marketing and user research, 'canvass' is used frequently, but people often default to the simpler 'canvas'.
Memory aidiv
Remember it like this
CanvaSS has two S's for 'Survey' or 'Seeking Support'.