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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:
- Vice often refers to a moral weakness or a substitute, like a vice president; think of vice as something related to behavior or roles.
- Vise is a tool used to hold an object in place, usually in a workshop or garage; visualize a workbench when you hear vise.
- Remember, vice can often be swapped with virtue while vise is all about mechanical grips or clamps.
- To distinguish them, associate vice with human activities and moralities and vise with hardware and tools.
- If you are thinking about a characteristic or role, its vice; if its holding something securely, then its vise'.
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