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Exhort vs. Extort
Exhort
/ɪɡˈzɔːt/Examples:
She exhorted the crowd to support the local businesses.The coach exhorted his team to give their best effort.Local leaders exhorted residents to conserve water during the drought.
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Extort
/ɪkˈstɔːt/Examples:
The gang leader used threats to extort money from businesses.She attempted to extort a confession from the suspect under duress.The hackers tried to extort ransom by encrypting the files.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Exhort and extort may sound similar, but they have very different meanings.
- Exhort has a positive connotation, often involving encouragement.
- Extort, on the other hand, involves negative actions and coercion.
- Remember, exhort ends with hort which sounds like heart, aligning with its positive nature.
- Extort contains tort, like torture, which can help remember its unethical nature.
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