Master confusing words with ease
Adherence vs. Adherents
Adherence
/ədˈhɪərəns/Examples:
His adherence to a strict diet paid off in the long run.The company promotes adherence to sustainable practices.Adherence to regulations is crucial for project success.
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Adherents
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The new leader quickly gained many adherents.Adherents of the movement organized a peaceful protest.His adherents remained loyal despite the challenges.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Adherence is a noun that refers to the act of sticking to something, like a plan or rule.
- Adherents is the noun for people who support or follow a particular leader or set of ideas.
- To remember, adherence ends in ence, similar to sentence, representing an action or state. Meanwhile, adherents ends in ents, like students, denoting people.
- Think of adherence as the quality or practice of following, while adherents are the followers themselves.
- If you can substitute supporters with the word, its likely adherents, not adherence'.
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