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Furor vs. furore

Outside North America, the word is spelled furore and means a public uproar. In North America the word is spelled furor and bears the additional senses (1) violent anger, and (2) a state of intense excitement.

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Gift (as a verb)

Some people don’t like it, but it is a part of the language.

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Disillusion vs. dissolution

Disillusion = to deprive of an illusion. Dissolution = the noun corresponding to dissolve.

Terminate

It’s overharsh when used with a person as its direct object.

Hands down

= (1) winning with ease or with little or no effort, and (2) without a doubt.

Phony vs. phoney

phony in the U.S. and Canada; phoney outside North America.

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Spectra vs. spectrums

The Latin form, spectra prevails, but the English plural is not incorrect and is slowly gaining ground.

Procrastinate

It can be either intransitive or transitive.