Cue-Queue | Commonly Confused Words

Cue

/kjuː/

A signal or sign that tells someone to do something

Words like revolution gave him his cue.She paused as though expecting me to take up a cue.Every habit has three parts: cue, routine, and reward.

This word has no antonyms

/kjuː/

A line of people or vehicles waiting for their turn.

We stood in a queue for half an hour.I rushed along the queue.She joined the queue for the movie tickets.

A cue can serve as a prompt or signal for something to happen, while queue is a line of people or things waiting for a turn.
Cue is often used in theater or performance settings, whereas queue is commonly associated with waiting in line at events, banks, or online systems.
Remember c for cue and command, q for queue and line.
When you need a reminder or a sign, you use cue. If youre organizing or waiting in a line, you use queue'.
Think of the cue ball in pool games as something that starts an action, while queue is about waiting your turn.