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Comic vs. comical

Comic describes things of or relating to comedy. Comical is a synonym of funny.

Out and out

1. thoroughly, completely, or openly; 2. thorough, complete, or open.

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Treble vs. triple

Where they have to do with threes, there is no substantive difference between them, but triple is far more common.

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Ascent, ascendance, ascendancy, etc.

Ascent = a rise. Ascendance and ascendancy = prevalence or dominance. Ascendance is a primarily American variant of the more widely used ascendancy.

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Runaway vs. run away

one word as an adjective or noun; two words as a verb.