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B
- B Line or Beeline – Origin & Meaning
- Babe in the Woods – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bachelor’s or bachelors degree and master’s or masters degree
- Back in the day
- Back seat vs. backseat
- Back the Wrong Horse or Bet on the Wrong Horse
- Back to Square One – Origin & Meaning
- Back to the drawing board
- Back up vs. backup
- Backseat Driver – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Backstab – Definition & Examples
- Backward vs backwards
- Backwater or backwaters
- Backyard, back yard, back-yard
- Bad Apple – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bad penny
- Bad rap vs. bad wrap
- Bad vs badly
- Bae vs bay
- Bail vs. Bale – Difference, Meaning & Spelling
- Bailiwick
- Bailout, bail out, and bail-out
- Bain-marie vs double boiler
- Bait vs. bate
- Balderdash – Origin, Meaning & Definition
- Ball vs. Bawl and Balling vs. Bawling – Difference & Meaning
- Balmy vs. barmy
- Baloney vs. bologna
- Bamboozle
- Ban vs. bar
- Band (together) vs. bandy (about)
- Band vs banned
- Bane
- Bank on it and take it to the bank
- Bankster
- Baptise vs. baptize
- Baptism by Fire or Baptism of Fire – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah
- Barbecue vs. barbeque
- Barbed wire
- Bard
- Bard vs. Barred
- Bare Bones – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bare vs. Bear – Difference, Meaning & Examples
- Bark Is Worse Than One’s Bite – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bark vs barque
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Barnstorm
- Baron vs barren
- Basal, basil, or Basel
- Base or Bass – Pronunciation & Definition
- Based vs baste
- Basis (on a daily basis, on a regular basis, etc.)
- Basis vs bases
- Basket case
- Bass vs bass
- Bastion
- Bath or Bathe – Difference, Meaning & Spelling
- Bathos vs pathos
- Baton vs batten
- Batten Down the Hatches – Meaning and Origin
- Batting cleanup
- Battle royal
- Bawdy vs body
- Bawl out
- Bazaar vs. bizarre
- Be My Guest – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Beach vs beech
- Beachcomber
- Bean Counter – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bear market, bull market, bearish, bullish
- Beat a dead horse and flog a dead horse
- Beat Around the Bush – Origin & Meaning
- Beat Me to the Punch – Origin & Meaning
- Beat or beaten
- Beat swords into plowshares and beat swords into ploughshares
- Beat vs beet
- Beau and Belle – Difference & Meaning
- Beau vs bow
- Bechdel test and Bechdel-Wallace test
- Beck and call vs beckon call
- Beckon call
- Bee in Your Bonnet – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Been around the block
- Been there, done that
- Beer vs bier
- Beg Off – Origin & Meaning
- Began vs. Begun – Usage, Difference & Examples
- Beggar Belief – Meaning and Origin
- Beggars can’t be choosers
- Begging the Question Fallacy – Meaning and Examples
- Begrudge
- Behalf
- Behavior vs. behaviour
- Behest vs bequest
- Behind the Eight Ball – Meaning and Origin
- Behold and beholden
- Behoove
- Belay vs belie
- Belie
- Bell the Cat (or To Bell the Cat) – Idiom & Meaning
- Bell vs belle
- Bellwether
- Bellyache
- Below the belt and hit below the belt
- Benchmark
- Benefit of the Doubt – Meaning, Origin & Examples
- Benefiting vs. Benefitting
- Bent or bended
- Bereaved vs. bereft
- Berry vs bury
- Berserk
- Berth vs birth
- Beside or besides
- Besotted
- Bespeak vs bespoke
- Bespeckled or bespectacled
- Best Laid Plans – Origin & Meaning
- Better Late Than Never – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Better Safe Than Sorry – Proverb, Meaning & Examples
- Better vs bettor
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Origin & Meaning
- Betwixt – Usage & Meaning
- Beyond the pale
- Bezel vs embezzle
- Biannual vs. biennial
- Biannual, biennial and semiannual
- Biceps and triceps
- Bid, bade, bidden
- Big Fish in a Small Pond – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Big Kahuna – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Big League and Bush League – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Big-ups
- Bigwig – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bill and Coo – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bill of goods
- Billed vs build
- Bimonthly and semimonthly
- Binge-Watch or Binge-Watching – Meaning & Examples
- Bingeing or binging
- Bingo
- Birds of a Feather Flock Together – Proverb, Origin & Meaning
- Bisect vs dissect
- Bit vs. bitten
- Bite Off More than You Can Chew – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bite or Bight – What’s the Difference?
- Bite the Bullet – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bite Your Tongue – Idiom, Origin & Examples
- Bite-size or bite-sized
- Bitter pill to swallow and hard pill to swallow
- Bivouac
- Biweekly vs semiweekly
- Black market
- Black out vs blackout
- Black Sheep Idiom – Meaning & Origin
- Blackmail vs extortion
- Blah Blah Blah – Origin & Meaning
- Blandish vs brandish
- Blatant vs. flagrant
- Blather vs blabber
- Blather vs. blither
- Blaze a Trail – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Blench vs blanch
- Blessed vs. Blest – Difference, Meaning & Examples
- Blew, blown, or blowed
- Bling
- Blitzkrieg
- Bloc vs. block
- Blockbuster – Meaning & Examples
- Blond or Blonde – Difference, Meaning & Spelling
- Bloviate
- Blow a Gasket vs. Blow a Fuse – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Blow Hot and Cold – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Blow off steam and let off steam
- Blow Someone’s Cover – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Blow the Whistle – Origin & Meaning
- Blow your own trumpet and toot your own horn
- Blow-By-Blow Account – Idiom, Origin & Meanin
- Blowhard and windbag
- Blowing a Raspberry or Bronx Cheer – Origin & Meaning
- Blowing up one’s phone
- Blowout vs. blow out
- Blowup vs. blow up
- Blue blood
- Bluetooth
- Board vs bored
- Bob’s Your Uncle Meaning and Origin
- Bobble vs bauble
- Bobbsey twins
- Bode vs. Bowed
- Bodega
- Body politic
- Bogeyman
- Boggle the mind and mind-boggling
- Bohemian
- Bokeh
- Bold as brass
- Bold-Faced Lie or Bald-Faced Lie – Meaning & Origin
- Bolder vs boulder
- Boldface text
- Bollocks vs bollocking
- Bombogenesis
- Bon vivant
- Bona fide, bona fides
- Bone of contention
- Bone to pick
- Bone vs debone
- Bonhomie
- Booby hatch
- Boondocks vs boonies
- Boondoggle
- Boot camp
- Boots on the Ground – Origin & Meaning
- Booze vs boos
- Border vs boarder
- Bore, boor, boar
- Born with a Silver Spoon – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Borne vs. born
- Borough, burro, burrow
- Bot vs bought
- Botanic vs. botanical
- Bottom Line – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bough or bow
- Bought the Farm vs. Gone for a Burton – Origin & Meaning
- Boughten
- Bound vs. bounded
- Bounteous vs bountiful
- Bourgeois, bourgeoisie
- Bow vs bow
- Bowdlerize
- Bowl Over or Bowled Over – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bowl vs boll
- Bowl vs bowel
- Bowled vs bold
- Boy vs buoy
- Brackets vs. Parentheses
- Braggadocio
- Braggart vs bragger
- Braid vs brayed
- Brain trust vs think tank
- Brainchild
- Brainwash
- Braise, brays, or braze
- Brake vs. Break – Homophones, Spelling & Difference
- Brand spanking new
- Bravado
- Breach, breech, broach
- Bread and Butter – Origin & Meaning
- Bread vs. Bred – Homophones, Difference & Definition
- Breadcrumbs, breadcrumb trail and trail of breadcrumbs
- Break the Bank – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Break up vs. breakup
- Breastfeeding, breastfed, breastfeed, etc.
- Breath vs. breadth (vs. width)
- Breath vs. Breathe – Usage, Difference & Definition
- Breeches vs. Britches
- Brewed vs brood
- Brews vs. Bruise
- Brexit and Grexit
- Bric-a-brac and knick-knack
- Bridezilla – Origin & Meaning
- Bridle vs. bridal
- Brief vs debrief
- Bring Home the Bacon – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bring one’s A-game
- Bring the House Down or Bring Down the House – Idiom & Meaning
- Bring vs take
- Brite vs. Bright – Meaning, Definition & Spelling
- Briton
- Briton vs Britain
- Broach vs. brooch
- Brouhaha
- Brown-nose and brownnose
- Browse vs. Brows
- Brung, brang
- Brussels Sprout vs. Brussle Sprout
- Buck Naked vs. Butt Naked – Which Is Correct?
- Bucket list
- Buckle Up – Origin & Meaning
- Buffaloed – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Buffer vs. buffet
- Buffet vs buffet
- Bugbear or bugaboo
- Build up vs. buildup
- Building castles in the air
- Bulk, balk, baulk
- Bullion vs boullion
- Bullseye or bull’s eye
- Bully pulpit
- Bum-rush vs bum’s rush
- Bumpkin
- Bun in the Oven – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bundle of Joy – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Bunk vs debunk
- Bunk, bunkum, buncombe
- Bunny vs Bunnie
- Bunt vs. Bundt
- Bupkis
- Burger vs. Burgher
- Burgle vs. burglarize
- Burn One’s Boat or Burn One’s Bridges – Origin & Meaning
- Burned vs. Burnt – Difference, Definition & Examples
- Burning the Candle at Both Ends – Origin & Meaning
- Burning the Midnight Oil – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Burnish vs tarnish
- Burnout vs. burn out
- Burrow vs borrow
- Burst Your Bubble or Pop Your Bubble – Origin & Meaning
- Bursted
- Burthen
- Bury The Hatchet – Origin & Meaning
- Bury Your Head in the Sand – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Bus stop vs. busstop
- Bused, bussed, or bust
- Buses vs. busses
- Busting Your Chops – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Busybody
- But vs. Butt – Difference, Meaning & Spelling
- But vs. yet
- Butt heads and bump heads
- Butt of a joke
- Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth
- Butterfingers
- Butterflies in My Stomach – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Butterfly effect
- Buy a lemon
- Buy, by or bye
- Buzzword
- By and by vs. by the by
- By dint of
- By hook or by crook
- By the Same Token – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- By the Skin of My Teeth – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- By The Way (BTW) – Usage & Meaning
- Bête noire
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- “Be Patient” or “Have Patience” – Meaning & Difference
- A Bed of Roses – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- A Big Ask – Idiom & Meaning
- A Blessing in Disguise – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Annual, perennial or biennial
- Autobiography vs biography
- Car hood and car bonnet
- Decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlon and biathlon
- Dingo’s breakfast
- Dirigible or blimp
- Double down vs buckle down
- Due to vs because of
- Fire and Brimstone – Origin & Meaning
- Fringe benefit
- Hobo, tramp, bum, or gutter punk
- Honor among thieves and no honor among thieves
- Is It Backhanded Compliment or Left-Handed Compliment?
- Kerfuffle vs brouhaha
- Knighted vs benighted
- Knuckle down and buckle down
- Magic bullet and silver bullet
- May be or maybe
- More bang for one’s buck and bigger bang for one’s buck
- On Accident or By Accident – Usage & Examples
- On the radar, off the radar, under the radar, below the radar, and above the radar
- Once in a Blue Moon – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
- Other fish to fry and bigger fish to fry
- Patron vs. Benefactor – Difference & Definition
- Poor-mouth vs bad-mouth
- Pram, baby carriage and baby buggy
- Shopping cart or buggy
- Since vs because
- The be-all and end-all
- The Best of Both Worlds – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- The big picture
- The birds and the bees
- To the bitter end
- What Are Bloopers? – Meaning & Examples
- What are Brownie Points? – Origin & Meaning
- What Is a Barn Burner? – Origin & Meaning
- What Is a Bromance? – Meaning & Examples
- What Is a Bum Steer? – Origin & Meaning
- What Is a Bumper Crop? – Meaning & Origin
- What Is a Byproduct? – Definition & Examples
- What Is Belated? – Usage, Meaning & Examples
- What Is Blackball? – Meaning & Origin
- What’s a Big Shot? – Origin & Meaning
- White Collar vs. Blue Collar – Meaning & Difference
- Wink vs. Blink – What’s the Difference?