Master confusing words with ease
Vice vs. Vise
Vice
/vaɪs/Examples:
Oh, they'll take him on, make him a vice president.She couldn't resist the vice of late-night snacking.His gambling vice ultimately led to financial ruin.
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Vise
/vaɪs/Examples:
The carpenter used a vise to hold the wood steady.She tightened the jaws of the vise before starting her work.The sculptor adjusted the vise to secure the stone in place.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- The word vice has an i in the middle like crime, and vice can refer to immoral or bad habits.
- Vise has an s, and it is used in the context of holding something steady, like a clamp.
- Remember that a vice can be something people need to break, while a vise is a tool to hold things still.
- A vice is internal, reflecting behavior, while a vise is external, reflecting an object.
- Think of the s in vise as part of the word squeeze, which is what a vise does.
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