Academic language useConfusing word pairs in academic writingConfusing word pairs in academic writingAbility vs CapabilityAccept vs ExceptAdapt vs AdoptAdverse vs AverseAdvice vs AdviseAffect vs EffectAllude vs EludeAlternate vs AlternativeAmbiguous vs AmbivalentAssume vs PresumeAssure vs EnsureAttribute vs ContributeClassic vs ClassicalClimactic vs ClimaticComposed vs ComprisedConsist in vs Consist ofContinual vs ContinuousDefinite vs DefinitiveDiscreet vs DiscreteEffectiveness vs EfficacyElicit vs IllicitEminent vs ImminentEnsure vs InsureEstimation vs EstimateExplicit vs ImplicitFarther vs FurtherFormally vs FormerlyGeneral vs GenericHuman vs HumaneImply vs InferInverse vs ReverseLead vs LedLie vs LayLose vs LooseMoral vs MoraleNumber vs AmountPossible vs PlausiblePractice vs PractisePrecede vs ProceedPrincipal vs PrincipleProscribe vs PrescribeRational vs RationaleRelation vs RelationshipSignificant vs Important