A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Macabre
- Macaron vs. macaroon
- MacGyver
- Mach vs. Mock
- Machiavellian
- Machine gun vs. machine-gun
- Macintosh, mackintosh, McIntosh
- Maddening vs. madding
- Madder Than a Wet Hen – Used To Express Extreme Anger
- Made vs maid
- Magic bullet and silver bullet
- Magical realism
- Magnate vs. magnet
- Magnum opus
- Mail vs male
- Main, mane and Maine
- Maize vs. Maze
- Make a clean breast of it and come clean
- Make do vs. Make Due – What’s the Difference?
- Make Ends Meet or Make Both Ends Meet – Idiom & Meaning
- Make hay
- Make or break and make or mar
- Makeup, make-up or make up
- Malarkey
- Maleficent vs. malevolent
- Mall vs. Maul
- Malware vs ransomware
- Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone – Origin and Meaning
- Man of the Cloth
- Man’s best friend
- Maneuver vs. manoeuvre
- Manga vs anime
- Manic vs maniac
- Mannequin, Manikin, or Manakin
- Manner vs. manor
- Manspreading
- Mantel vs. mantle
- Many happy returns
- Mare vs mayor
- Marginalize or marginalise vs minimize or minimise
- Marinade vs. marinate
- Mark My Words – Meaning and Origin
- Mark vs marque
- Marquee vs. Marquis
- Marry vs. merry
- Marsala vs masala
- Marshal vs. martial
- Martin vs marten
- Mask vs. Masque
- Massage vs message
- Masterful vs. masterly
- Materiel vs. material
- Math or Maths – Which One to Use?
- Matriculate vs graduate
- Matrix
- Matter of fact or matter-of-fact
- Matter of Fact vs. Fact of the Matter
- Maul vs. mull
- Maximise or Maximize – What’s the Difference?
- May be or maybe
- Mayhap or mishap or snafu
- Mayonnaise vs. mayonaise
- Me vs. Mi
- Meager vs Meagre – Definition & Examples
- Mealy-mouthed
- Mean vs mien
- Means
- Meat, meet or mete
- Medal, meddle, metal, mettle
- Media vs. Mediums – What’s the Difference?
- Mediator vs. moderator
- Meeple
- Melted vs. molten
- Melting Pot – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
- Memento Mori or Momento Mori – Origin & Meaning in English
- Men in White Coats – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
- Mendacity vs mendicity
- Mensch
- Meretricious vs meritorious
- Meritorious vs maritorious
- Merry Christmas vs Happy Christmas
- Metaphor
- Metaphoric vs. Metaphorical – What’s the Difference?
- Meter vs. metre
- Methinks
- Mexican standoff
- MIA
- Mic Drop – Origin, Meaning & Sentence Examples
- Mic vs. mike
- Mice vs. mouses
- Mickey Finn – A Simple English Phrase or a Hidden Danger?
- Micro- vs macro-
- Microaggression
- Microfinance, microcredit and microloan
- Might as Well – Usage & Meaning
- Might vs mite
- Milieu
- Militate or mitigate
- Millennia vs millenniums
- Milquetoast vs milktoast
- Mince vs mints
- Mince words
- Mind over matter
- Mind vs mined
- Miner vs minor
- Minima vs. minimums
- Minimum vs minimal
- Mint condition
- Minuet vs minute
- Minuscule vs. miniscule
- Minute vs. Minute – What’s the Difference?
- Minutia, minutiae
- Minx vs. Mink – What’s the Difference?
- Mirandize
- Mischievous vs. mischievious
- Misery Loves Company – Meaning & Origin
- Misfeasance vs. Malfeasance vs. Nonfeasance
- Misinformed vs. uninformed
- Misnomer
- Misogyny and misandry
- Missed vs. Mist
- Misspell vs. Mispell – Meaning & Correct Spelling
- Mixed bag
- Mixtape
- Moat vs. Mote
- Mob justice and mob rule
- Mob or demob
- Mobile, mobile, or Mobile
- Mobilize vs mobilise
- Mode vs mowed
- Modeling vs. modelling
- Modern
- Modus operandi (m.o, MO)
- Mogul
- Mojo
- Mold vs. Mould – Meaning, Usage and Examples
- Mollusc vs. mollusk
- Mollycoddle
- Molotov cocktail
- Mom vs mom
- Momager
- Momentarily – Usage & Meaning
- Monday Morning Quarterback – A Remarkable Display of Guesswork
- Monetize vs demonetize
- Money Is No Object – Meaning and Origin
- Money-grabbing vs. money-grubbing
- Monied vs. Moneyed
- Monkey On Your Back – Meaning and Origin
- Moonlight
- Moonshine
- Moose vs. mooses
- Moose vs. Mousse
- Moot vs. mute
- Mop the Floor (With Someone) — Meaning, Uses, and Examples
- Moral vs morale
- Morality vs mortality
- Moratorium
- Morays vs. mores
- Morbid vs moribund
- More bang for one’s buck and bigger bang for one’s buck
- More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
- More vs moor
- Moreso
- Morning vs. Mourning – Meaning, Spelling & Difference
- Mortar board
- Mothball
- Mother lode
- Mother of all and granddaddy of all
- Motherhood and apple pie and mom and apple pie
- Motive vs motif
- Mouse and CAT
- Moustache vs. mustache (vs. mustachio)
- Mouthfuls
- Movable feast
- Movable vs. moveable
- Move Heaven and Earth – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
- Move the goalposts and shift the goalposts
- Move the needle
- Mowed vs. mown
- Mr., Mrs., Ms. and Miss – Full Form and Meaning
- Much or Many – Usage, Difference & Examples
- Muchly
- Muckamuck, mucky-muck and muckety-muck
- Mucous vs. mucus
- Muddy the Waters – Idiom, Meaning, and Origin
- Muggle – Origin & Meaning
- Multitask – Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
- Mum’s the Word – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Mumbo Jumbo – Origin and Meaning
- Murderers’ row
- Murphy’s Law, Sod’s Law and Finagle’s Law
- Muscle vs mussel
- Must of (must’ve)
- Mustard vs mustered
- Mutually assured destruction or mutual assured destruction
- Mutually Exclusive – Meaning and Examples in a Sentence
- My Cup Runneth Over – Meaning, Origin and Examples
- My dogs are barking
- My Way or the Highway – Meaning and Origin
- Myriad
- ‘Monkey Business’ Idiom: The Art Of Trickery and Lies
- A man is known by the company he keeps
- A Man of Letters – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- A means to an end
- A method in one’s madness
- A miss is as good as a mile
- Aggravate vs mitigate
- Bachelor’s or bachelors degree and master’s or masters degree
- Boggle the mind and mind-boggling
- Can vs may
- Car park vs parking lot
- Cloying and mawkish
- Coddle and mollycoddle
- Crèche and manger
- Decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlon and biathlon
- Deciphering The ‘Movers And Shakers’ Idiom: A Full Guide
- Disabuse, misuse and abuse
- Ditto and ditto mark
- Eeny, meeny, miny, mo
- Frankincense and myrrh
- Gaiety or mirth
- Heavens to Murgatroyd – Idiom, Definition and Origin
- In a manner of speaking
- In point of fact or in fact or as a matter of fact
- In the midst vs in the mist
- Junkyard Dog – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
- Lava vs magma
- Long Story Short – The Removal of Unnecessary Details