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I'm learning new words from Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and I don't get the difference between 'robe' and 'cloak'. The dictionary does not explain it clear to me. Here is some sample sentence from the book. robe: One of Malkin's two assistants was examining the white-haired...

What is the difference between 'finished' and 'completed', as both words gives the same meaning? Ex 1: He finished his homework. Ex 2: He completed his homework. And also how or where to use these words? Dictionary Reference: Completed: Finish making or doing. Finished: B...

Today, I(non native speaker) read a question on a Q&A in my nation. The question is 'what is difference between A and B?' A. I can't get up at 4:00 tomorrow. B. I couldn't get up at 4:00 tomorrow. everybody(we are non native speaker) said 'could' is the past form of 'can' so you can't use "coul...

The prefixes in- and un- both have the effect of negating the meaning of the word. The prefix in- comes from Latin and almost exclusively applies to words borrowed from Latin, which in many cases were borrowed from Latin with the in- prefix already attached. The prefix un-, on the other hand, is ...

Hi i am sorry if you feel my question is silly. My native language is not english. My question is 'Latest video' or 'Newest video' which one is right one? I have seen sentences like 'Newest questions in this activity' in stackoverflow.com. So just wondering which one is the right one.

Do the following sentences in each pair mean the same? These foods supply the body with necessary vitamins and minerals. These foods supply necessary vitamins and minerals to the body. They are supplying Lebanon with arms. They are supplying arms to Lebanon.

This confusion is almost certainly caused by one poet's account of a specific vantage point from which he could see both London and France. I don't remember the specific location in question, but in one of the author's other works, he devotes a number of lines to a similar sounding locale in clo...

I would object first to the example's placement of the word "each", and the explanation for why I would do is quite simple. "Whose" is a possessive pronoun, and the sentence must clearly convey to whom or what the pronoun refers. Here is your example sentence: The set of elements whose each p...

I would object first to the example's placement of the word "each", and the explanation for why I would do is quite simple. "Whose" is a possessive pronoun, and the sentence must clearly convey to whom or what the pronoun refers. Here is your example sentence: The set of elements whose each p...

In a case like “latest video” or “newest video”, which one is right? I have seen “newest” used on stackoverflow.com: According to the online dictionaries I checked, “latest” = “most recent” and “newest” = “of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.” So just wondering which one is the right...

On their way Home / on the way home, they raped her. Is there a synonym for 'on the way." I don't want to use an idiomatic expression, I have looked for possible synonyms but in vain.