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Decry vs. Descry
Decry
/dɪˈkraɪ/Examples:
The critics decried the movie's lack of originality.Activists decried the new policy as harmful to the environment.Historians decried the lack of primary source material.
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Descry
/dɪˈskrʌɪ/Examples:
She could barely descry the distant lighthouse through the fog.After climbing the hill, we could descry the village nestled below.From the tower, he managed to descry the approaching ships on the horizon.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Decry and descry both start with the de but mean different things that are not related.
- Remember decry has cry in it, which suggests vocal expression as in criticizing or denouncing something.
- Note that descry is about seeing or discovering something, like how you use your eyes to see.
- Decry is more aggressive while descry involves perception.
- Think of descry like describe – when you see or discover something, you might later describe it.
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