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Tantamount vs. Paramount
Tantamount
/ˈtæntəmaʊnt/Examples:
Her silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt.The new policy is tantamount to censorship of free speech.Critics saw his resignation as tantamount to a confession.
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Paramount
/ˈpærəmaʊnt/Examples:
The welfare of the children is of paramount importance.Safety remains paramount when designing new aircraft models.Truth is paramount in the quest for justice.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Tantamount and paramount are both adjectives, but they convey different levels of significance.
- Remember tantamount as indicating equivalence or equality to something else.
- Think of paramount as the top or most important, like the paramount leader is the highest authority.
- Tantamount doesn't suggest superiority, just equivalence in effect or consequence.
- Paramount carries a sense of supreme importance compared to other elements.
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