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Commonly Confused Words: Palate vs. Palette

What does each word mean? The palate is the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities. The word is also used to describe the ability to distinguish between different flavours. Click here for the full Spellzone dictionary definition of the word.  Here is palate used in some example sentences: The palate is sometimes called the roof of the mouth. She loved wine and had a sophisticated palate.  A palette is a group of colours used for a particular project or by a particular artist or school of art. The word also describes a board on which artists mix paints.  Click here for the full Spellzone dictionary defi...

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Word for Wednesday: Pencil

Our Word for Wednesday theme for September is stationery.  Stationery comes from the Latin ‘stationarius’ which means ‘tradesman who sells from a station or shop’. The word was first used to describe ‘the articles sold by a stationer’ in 1727. Our first stationery-themed word is pencil.  A pencil is a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement.  The word entered English in the mid-fourteenth century as ‘pencel’ and was used to describe a type of fine brush made of camel hair which was used by artists. ‘Pencel’ comes from the Old French ‘pincel’ which comes from the Latin ‘pencillus&r...

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