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Full-Fledged or Fully Fledged – Meaning & Difference
= newly fully developed. Full-fledged is more common in North America; fully fledged is more common everywhere else.
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Pernickety vs. persnickety
persnickety in North America; pernickety outside North America.
Pincer vs. pincher
Pincer: an arthropod’s grasping appendage. Pincher: someone or something that pinches.
Coming Down the Pike vs. Coming Down the Pipe
Down the pike is the original, but both forms are widely used and understood.
Money-grabbing vs. money-grubbing
Both describe people who greedily seek money at every opportunity.
Regrettable vs. regretful
Regrettable: causing regret or worthy of causing regret. Regretful: full of regret or expressing regret.
