Affect and Effect are homonyms, in which there is just one difference in their spellings, i.e. in their first letter, but when you go through their meanings, you will find that the difference between them is not slight. The term 'affect' is most commonly used as a verb which means "to influence" or "to change". On the other hand, the word 'effect' is primarily used as a noun and means "consequence", "aftermath", "result of an action" or "reaction". Nevertheless, both can be used as a noun and … [Read more...]

You might have noticed the lowercase letter acronyms i.e. and e.g. while reading newpapers, novels, journals or any other material. While i.e. expands to 'id est', which means 'in other words', e.g. is a short term for 'exempli gratia' which means 'for example'. Let's understand these two with an example: There are two types of games, i.e. indoor games and outdoor games, wherein Indoor games are played inside the home, e.g. chess, carrom etc. These two commonly used abbreviations in … [Read more...]

Based on characteristics, there are two types of personality, i.e. introvert and extrovert. When a person is reserved and does not open up easily, he or she is said to be an introvert. On the contrary, when a person is social, talkative and makes friends quickly, then his personality type is extrovert. "We all are same, but different" is an old saying, which means we all have same human nature, body, mind, thoughts, feelings, yet every individual is unique in its own way. Therefore, it is … [Read more...]

Someone has rightly said, "Jealousy and envy make you ugly." Jealousy is a fear of losing something, envy is a something, in which you want something possessed by someone else. These two are human emotions that are characterized by the sense of resentment and discontent. Jealousy is described as the feeling in which a person gets overprotective with respect to the rights, position and possession. On the contrary, envy arises when one feels discontented due to the desire evoked by someone … [Read more...]