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Spoor vs. Spore
Spoor
/spɔː/Examples:
The explorer followed the spoor to find the lost city.Lost among the trees, she spotted fresh spoor near the stream.Rangers trained to track animal spoor through the dense forest.
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Spore
/spɔː/Examples:
The spore count increased dramatically in the summer.Spores can survive extreme conditions, unlike seeds.Fungi reproduce through the dispersion of spores.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Spoor has an extra o which you can remember by thinking of it as the o in footprints, as it often relates to tracking animals.
- Spore is shorter and relates to biology, specifically to reproductive cells in fungi, algae, and some plants.
- Remember that spore and mushroom both share an r, while spoor and animal tracks both have an o.
- Picture spore growing into a plant or fungus, as it is related to reproduction and growth.
- Think of spoor as being more outdoorsy or related to hunting given its association with animal tracks.
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