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30 Commonly Confused Words

Accept vs. Except If you accept something you agree to receive or do it. If you except something you exclude it.   Bought vs. Brought Brought is the past tense of bring, while bought is the past tense of buy.   Cereal vs. Serial Cereal is a type of grain (and a type of breakfast food made from grain), while serial refers to something that occurs in sequence.   Desert vs. Dessert Desert can refer to either the act of abandoning someone or something or to an arid stretch of land with little vegetation. A dessert is a sweet course at the end of a meal.   Effect vs. Affect An effect is a consequence. If you affect something you make a differen...

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Commonly Confused Words: Desert vs. Dessert

What does each word mean? The word desert has two meanings. It is defined by the Spellzone dictionary as either a noun which describes ‘arid land with little or no vegetation’, or a verb which describes the act of leaving someone ‘who needs or counts on you’ ‘in the lurch’ or ‘behind’. Here is desert used in some example sentences: The famous saguaro cactus only grows in the wild in the Sonoran desert. My friends and I are banned from going into the deserted old house at the edge of town. He deserted his wife and children. Dessert refers to ‘a dish served as the last course of a meal’. Here is dessert used in...

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