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Expatiate vs. Expiate
Expatiate
/ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/Examples:
She tends to expatiate on her travels for hours.The professor can expatiate on this topic endlessly.He will expatiate at length during the presentation.
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Expiate
/ˈekspieɪt/Examples:
He donated to charity to expiate his past misdeeds.In her mind, volunteering was a way to expiate former selfishness.She hoped the gesture would expiate her earlier harsh words.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember that expatiate is related to expansion and speech, while expiate is tied to the concept of making amends or atonement.
- Expatiate contains an a, just like in talk, which it often involves doing.
- Expiate involves the pi sound, think of penance, which it often refers to.
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