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Milk toast vs. Milquetoast
Milk toast
/ˈmɪlk toʊst/Examples:
She was too milk toast to voice her true opinions.His milk toast behavior failed to impress the board.Don't be a milk toast; stand up for your ideas!
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Milquetoast
/ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst/Examples:
He was too much of a milquetoast to voice his opinion.Despite his skills, he remained a milquetoast in negotiations.She vowed not to be a milquetoast in the board meeting.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Milk toast is a literal dish, involving milk and bread, easy to remember by thinking of breakfast ingredients.
- Milquetoast, on the other hand, is not a food but a person described as timid or unassertive.
- To differentiate, recall that milquetoast is akin to meekness due to its sound and meaning.
- Think of milk toast as something warm and comforting, much like its physical form.
- The spelling milquetoast with a que instead of k hints that it's not referring to the food.
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