“The city passed an ordnance against loud music.”
Confusables Entry 267 / 1011 60-second read
Ordinance vs. Ordnance
A local law versus military weaponry.
The comparisoni
“The city passed an ordinance against loud music.”
More examplesii
01
The zoning ordnance was revised.
The zoning ordinance was revised.
02
The factory produced heavy ordinance during the war.
The factory produced heavy ordnance during the war.
The ruleiii
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ORDINANCE = a law or decree.
The words are nearly identical in spelling and pronunciation, but their contexts (legal vs military) are very different.
Memory aidiv
Remember it like this
OrdinAnce is like an Announcemnt (of a law). OrdNance is for k-N-ives and guns (weapons).