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Sew vs. Sow

Sew

/səʊ/

To join or attach pieces of fabric together with a needle and thread

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Sow

/saʊ/

To plant seeds in the ground to grow crops or plants.

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Ways to tell them apart:

Sew has an e for needle to remember that it relates to stitching fabrics.
Sow rhymes with plow which is also related to farming, making it easier to recall that it involves planting seeds.
When sewing, you thread a needle. When sowing, you plant seeds, think of o in sow as o in growth.

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