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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 both imply a degree of equality or importance, but they are used differently in context.
- Tantamount often suggests equivalence or similarity, especially in negative or critical contexts.
- Paramount refers to something that is of greatest importance, more important than anything else.
- Remember: tant- as in equal denotes the balancing aspect of tantamount, while para- suggests a comparison or ranking in paramount.
- Tantamount tends to link two things directly in meaning or consequence, whereas paramount emphasizes superiority and precedence.
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