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Levee vs. Levy
Levee
Examples:
The city built a levee to prevent flooding from the river.Farmers rely on levees to protect their crops from water damage.Historic levees are preserved as part of cultural heritage sites.
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Levy
/ˈlevi/Examples:
The council decided to levy a new tax for road repairs.Farmers were worried about the levy on imported goods.A levy was imposed to fund the new community center.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Levee is related to water and flood control, while levy deals with taxes or fines.
- Levee has two es, just like "flood" has two o's.
- Think of levee as preventing flood, and levy as collecting funds.
- A levee is a physical structure; a levy is an action or process.
- Remember L-E-V-E-E for the Earth and water control, L-E-V-Y for fiscal matters.
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