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Sachet vs. Sashay
Sachet
/ˈsæʃeɪ/Examples:
She placed a lavender sachet in her clothing drawer.The restaurant offered a delicate sugar sachet with coffee.Laura received a gift containing a sachet of herbal tea.
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Sashay
Examples:
She sashayed into the room, turning heads as she passed.The cat sashayed across the garden, its tail flicking playfully.He sashayed down the street, confident in his new look.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Sachet ends with -et like pocket, indicating it's something small you can put in a pocket.
- Sashay has an -ay at the end, which rhymes with way, indicating movement or the way someone walks.
- Think of sachet as something stationary like a bag of lavender and sashay as an active verb like strutting.
- Sachet contains the word sash, but remember it's a noun not related to movement.
- Sashay starts with sa and ends with ay, similar to say, suggesting an expressive action.
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