Fleshly vs. fleshy
Fleshly = of or relating to the body. Fleshy = (1) relating to, consisting of, or resembling flesh, or (2) plump.
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Persecute vs. prosecute
Prosecute: 1. to initiate legal proceedings against; 2. to carry on or engage in; 3. to pursue an undertaking to completion. Persecute: to oppress or harass, especially because of race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.
Ponderous
Ponderous: 1. having great weight; 2. unwieldy due to great weight or bulk; 3. labored and dull.
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Creeped or Crept – What’s the Difference?
Crept is the preferred inflection except where creep comes in the phrasal verb creep out, meaning to strike [someone] as weird in a frightening or off-putting way.
Contemporaneous vs. contemporary
Both describe things that exist or happen at the time, but contemporary more often describes people or groups while contemporaneous more often describes events, movements, and trends.
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Conceive vs. perceive
To perceive is to become aware of something directly through the senses. To conceive is to form something in the mind or to develop an understanding. So perceiving is merely seeing, and conceiving is deeper. But perception often involves passive evaluation, and this is where the line between the verbs …
Expectant vs. expecting
Expectant = (1) having or marked by expectation; (2) (preceding the noun it modifies), pregnant. Expecting also means pregnant but in this use it tends not to be used where it precedes the noun it modifies.