Now you can easily find the right Tricky Quickies YouTube Short to answer your burning question about a confusing word! Or find a link to send to a fellow editor, author or friend.
You asked, and you shall receive! A few of you have requested a clickable contents list for my animated Tricky Quickies on YouTube.
This doesn’t replace the ease of the index at the back of the paperback or ebook versions of the Tricky Quickies series, or the irreplaceable feeling of holding a book in your hands, but it is useful if you want to quickly find a single Short and send the link to someone.
How to use this list of contents
To find a specific Quickie on this page, use Ctrl + F or Cmd + F to search for a term. Each entry links to the respective animated YouTube Short.
I create one or two Quickies on YouTube every week, so keep returning for new ones. If you have any suggestions for future Quickies, let me know, and I’ll do my best to include them in future books.
Alternatively, buy the books so you don’t have to keep clicking on links!
Tricky Quickies 1
- subjected to vs subject to
- interfere in vs interfere with
- tricky plurals
- log in vs login
- die of vs die from
- defuse vs diffuse
- discreet vs discrete
- bide (one’s) time vs buy time
- just deserts vs just desserts
- loathe vs loath
- digitise vs digitalise
- disinterested vs uninterested
- pay the price vs pay the prize
- a myriad of vs myriad
- on the cards vs in the cards
- practical vs practicable
- hypothetical vs hyperthetical
- whet one’s appetite vs wet one’s appetite
- principle vs principal
- alternate vs alternative
- insightful vs inciteful
- stand to attention vs stand at attention
- portend vs portent
- mucus vs mucous
- roadworks vs roadwork
- forgo vs forego
- cast vs casted
- practise vs practice
- hoard vs horde
- farther vs further
- gauge vs gouge
- populace vs populous
- dependent vs dependant
- partly vs partially
- high vs tall
- unsatisfied vs dissatisfied
- waver vs waiver
- minimum vs minimal
- guarantee vs guaranty
- descendant vs descendent
- appraise vs apprise
- compliment vs complement
- dose vs dosage
- quote vs quotation
- faraway vs far away
- especially vs specially
- doze vs dose
- slither vs sliver
- continual vs continuous
- grudgingly vs begrudgingly
- myth vs legend
- born (out) of vs borne out
- humus vs hummus/houmous
- tack vs tact
- peace of mind vs piece of one’s mind
- amid/amidst vs among/amongst
- team vs teem
- founder vs flounder
- imply vs infer
- sheer vs shear
- historic vs historical
- Segway vs segue
- capital vs capitol
- council vs counsel
- canvas vs canvass
- mantle vs mantel
- classic vs classical
- bail vs bale
- leech vs leach
- swath vs swathe
- faze vs phase
- kerb vs curb
- orient vs orientate
- ordinance vs ordnance
- biannual vs biennial
- rout vs route
- pore over vs pour over
- bear vs bare
- me vs myself
- illusive vs elusive
- wiggle vs wriggle
- tousle vs tussle
- draft vs draught
- purposely vs purposefully
- instinctive vs instinctual
- duel vs dual
- tortuous vs torturous
- copyright vs copywrite
- prophecy vs prophesy
- annexe vs annex
- furore vs furor
- die (dying) vs dye (dyeing)
- misconception vs misperception
- immune to vs immune from
- reflective vs reflexive
- trail off vs tail off
- callus vs callous
- choice vs option
- alter vs altar
- per cent/percent vs percentage
Tricky Quickies 2
- passed vs past
- onto vs on to
- circle vs encircle
- overlook vs oversee
- literally vs figuratively
- faun vs fawn
- fir vs fur
- marinade vs marinate
- tend vs tend to
- referential vs reverential
- splutter vs sputter
- corporal vs corporeal
- crevasse vs crevice
- extravert vs extrovert
- wander vs wonder
- prostate vs prostrate
- evoke vs invoke
- berth vs birth
- magnate vs magnet
- perspective vs prospective
- faint vs feint
- affect vs effect
- nevertheless vs nonetheless
- straight vs strait
- assume vs presume
- anymore vs any more
- cymbal vs symbol
- gamble vs gambol
- optimal vs optimum
- cue vs queue
- breath vs breathe
- gold vs golden
- chord vs cord
- axel vs axle
- brake vs break
- rebut vs refute
- stationary vs stationery
- gaff vs gaffe
- speciality vs specialty
- sew vs sow
- swat vs swot
- adverse vs averse
- track vs tract
- hark back vs harp on
- quash vs squash
- less vs fewer
- eldest vs oldest
- underwater vs under water
- troop vs troupe
- suit vs suite
- prevaricate vs procrastinate
- pallet vs palette
- graphic vs graphical
- baton vs batten
- empathy vs sympathy
- authoritarian vs authoritative
- advance vs advancement
- reign vs rein
- business vs busyness
- tenant vs tenet
- libel vs slander
- confidant(e) vs confident
- uncharted vs unchartered
- shined vs shone
- careen vs career
- another think coming vs another thing coming
- spatter vs splatter
- technical vs technological
- tee shirt vs T-shirt
- genteel vs gentile
- pixelated vs pixilated
- margarita vs margherita
- emotional vs emotive
- emblaze vs emblazon
- chilli vs chili
- learned vs learnt
- decent vs descent
- lightening vs lightning
- pedal vs peddle
- sleight vs slight
- all right vs alright
- arctic vs artic
- poisonous vs venomous
- burned vs burnt
- visit vs visitation
- right or rite
- amount vs number
- home in vs hone in
- labyrinth vs maze
- whiskey vs whisky
- courtesy vs curtsy
- amend vs amendment
- informant vs informer
- loose vs lose
- fact vs factoid
- arc vs arch
- around vs round
- fictional vs fictitious
- hangar vs hanger
- whoa vs woah
Remember, if you have a question about a confusing word pair that isn’t in this list, let me know. You might see it in a future edition of Tricky Quickies!