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Confusables Entry 1030 / 1350 60-second read

Wait vs. Weight

To stay for something versus heaviness.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The package wait was ten kilograms.

✓ Correct

The package weight was ten kilograms.

The ruleii

WAIT = stay. WEIGHT = heaviness.

WAIT is a verb (or noun meaning a delay). WEIGHT is a noun — how heavy something is, or a burden.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

WeiGht has G for Gravity.

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