Double vs. redouble
Double = to make something twice as great. Redouble = (1) to double something again, or (2) to make something much greater (as opposed to just twice as great).
Log On or Log In – What’s the Difference?
Log on is popular web parlance for visit (a website). To log in is to sign in with login credentials.
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Crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, etc.
Dialectal variants referring to the same group of animals.
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Glom onto
= (1) to grab, snatch, or steal; (2) to attach oneself or associate oneself with.
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Sneaked vs. snuck
Snuck is fairly new, but it became standard remarkably fast, and it now faces little objection.