Master confusing words with ease
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:
- A levee is a structure, while a levy is a type of tax or charge.
- Levee and levy sound similar but one protects against water and the other is about money.
- Remember ee in levee as earthen embankment, linking it to a physical structure.
- Levy contains a single v – think of vote as taxes usually involve political decisions.
- Levee can sound like leave water out, hinting at its function to keep water from flooding an area.
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