Advanced Guide to Confused Pairs of Words (Homonyms) — Part 2
By Home Academy
Building on our foundational vocabulary, this second part details pairs 65 through 96. These words often pose challenges in competitive exams and everyday communication due to subtle differences in spelling and pronunciation. This section includes English meanings, contextual sentences, and Urdu translations to guarantee complete clarity.
65. Intensive / Extensive
Intensive (شدید / گہرا)
Meaning: Involving a lot of work or activity done in a short time.
Sentence: He is in the intensive care unit.
Extensive (وسیع / بہت بڑا)
Meaning: Covering a large area; great in amount.
Sentence: He made an extensive study.
66. Latest / Last
Latest (جدید ترین / تازہ ترین)
Meaning: The most recent or the newest thing or a piece of news.
Sentence: What is the latest score?
Last (آخری)
Meaning: Happening or coming after all other similar things or people.
Sentence: She died last year.
67. Lightning / Lightening
Lightning (آسمانی بجلی / چمک)
Meaning: A flash, or several flashes, of very bright light in the sky caused by electricity.
Sentence: Thundering follows lightning.
Lightening (ہلکا کرنا / روشن کرنا)
Meaning: To become or make something become brighter or lighter in colour.
Sentence: Lightening the load causes relief.
68. Luxuriant / Luxurious
Luxuriant (افرط سے اگنے والا / کثیر)
Meaning: Growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive.
Sentence: Tall, luxuriant plants grew along the river bank.
Luxurious (عیش و آرام سے بھرپور / پرتعیش)
Meaning: Very comfortable; containing expensive things that give pleasure.
Sentence: The house is luxuriously furnished and carpeted.
69. Martial / Marital
Martial (فوجی / جنگی)
Meaning: Connected with fighting or war.
Sentence: Martial law has now been lifted.
Marital (ازدواجی / شادی کے متعلق)
Meaning: Connected with marriage or with the relationship between a married couple.
Sentence: What is your marital status?
70. Medal / Meddle
Medal (تمغہ / انعام)
Meaning: A flat piece of metal, usually like a coin in shape, that is given to the winner of a competition or to somebody who has been brave.
Sentence: I have won many medals.
Meddle (مداخلت کرنا / ٹانگ اڑانا)
Meaning: To involve yourself in something that should not really involve you.
Sentence: Do not meddle in my affairs. (Note: Located at the top of page 56).
71. Moral / Morale
Moral (اخلاقی)
Meaning: Connected with principles of right and wrong behaviour.
Sentence: What is the moral lesson of this story?
Morale (حوصلہ / ہمت)
Meaning: The amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time.
Sentence: Their morale is high.
72. Naval / Navel
Naval (بحری فوج کے متعلق)
Meaning: Connected with the navy of a country.
Sentence: He is a retired naval officer.
Navel (ناف)
Meaning: The small round part in the middle of the stomach, on the front of somebody's body.
Sentence: Navel supplies the children with food.
73. Now / Know
Now (اب / اس وقت)
Meaning: (At) the present time.
Sentence: I need honey now.
Know (جاننا / معلوم ہونا)
Meaning: To have information in your mind as a result of experience or because you have learned or been told it.
Sentence: I don't know it.
74. Parameter / Perimeter
Parameter (حدود / معیار)
Meaning: Something that decides or limits the way in which something can be done.
Sentence: The parameters of available agreement are known.
Perimeter (احاطہ / بیرونی حد)
Meaning: The outside edge of an area of land.
Sentence: The soldiers defended the perimeter of the camp.
75. Patience / Patient
Patience (صبر / بردباری)
Meaning: The ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complaining.
Sentence: Have patience to get your share?
Patient (مریض)
Meaning: A person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital.
Sentence: The patient died in the hospital.
76. Peace / Piece
Peace (امن / سکون)
Meaning: A situation or a period of time in which there is no war or violence in a country or an area.
Sentence: We stand for peace.
Piece (ٹکڑا)
Meaning: An amount of something that has been cut or separated from the rest of it.
Sentence: Give me a piece of paper. (Note: Located at the top of page 57).
77. Peak / Peek
Peak (چوٹی / عروج)
Meaning: The point when somebody/something is best, most successful, strongest, etc.
Sentence: Avoid driving in peak hours.
Peek (جھانکنا / چوری چھپے دیکھنا)
Meaning: A quick and secret look at something that you should not be looking at.
Sentence: I took a peek at the list.
78. Personnel / Personal
Personnel (عملہ / ملازمین)
Meaning: The people who work for an organization or one of the armed forces.
Sentence: Over 10,000 military personnel were stationed in the country.
Personal (شخصی / ذاتی)
Meaning: Your own; not belonging to or connected with anyone else.
Sentence: He is a personal friend of mine.
79. Pore / Pour
Pore (مسام - جلد کے سوراخ)
Meaning: A minute opening on a surface, especially the skin.
Sentence: Our body has many pores.
Pour (انڈیلنا / بہانا)
Meaning: To make a liquid or other substance flow from a container in a continuous stream.
Sentence: Pour water into the glass.
80. Practical / Practicable
Practical (عملی)
Meaning: Connected with real situations rather than with ideas or theories.
Sentence: He lost his practical notebook.
Practicable (قابلِ عمل)
Meaning: Able to be done; likely to be successful.
Sentence: This scheme is not practicable.
81. Principal / Principle
Principal (سربراہ / پرنسپل)
Meaning: Most important; main.
Sentence: He is the principal of our college.
Principle (اصول)
Meaning: A moral rule or a strong belief that influences your actions.
Sentence: He was a man of principle. (Note: Concludes at the top of page 58).
82. Pray / Prey
Pray (دعا کرنا / عبادت کرنا)
Meaning: To speak to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ) especially to give thanks or ask for help.
Sentence: Pray for me, please.
Prey (شکار)
Meaning: An animal, a bird, etc. that is hunted, killed and eaten by others.
Sentence: He fell prey to bad company.
83. Premier / Premiere
Premier (وزیرِ اعظم / سب سے اہم)
Meaning: Most important, famous or successful.
Sentence: It is our premier duty to take care of our health.
Premiere (افتتاحی شو / پہلی نمائش)
Meaning: The first public performance of a film or play.
Sentence: The movie will have its premiere next week.
84. Proceed / Precede
Proceed (آگے بڑھنا / جاری رکھنا)
Meaning: To continue doing something that has already been started.
Sentence: Let's proceed ahead.
Precede (پہلے آنا / مقدم ہونا)
Meaning: To happen before something or come before something in order.
Sentence: One precedes two.
85. Quiet / Quit
Quiet (خاموش / پرسکون)
Meaning: Without many people or much noise or activity.
Sentence: Be quiet, please.
Quit (چھوڑنا / دستبردار ہونا)
Meaning: To leave your job, school, etc.
Sentence: He has decided to quit as a manager of the team.
86. Reign / Rein
Reign (دورِ حکومت / عہد)
Meaning: The period during which a king, queen, an emperor, etc. rules.
Sentence: People were happy in Akbar's reign.
Rein (لگام / باگ ڈور)
Meaning: A long narrow leather band attached to a horse's mouth to control it.
Sentence: She pulled the reins to stop the horse.
87. Right / Write
Right (درست / ٹھیک / دایاں)
Meaning: Correct for a particular situation or a thing.
Sentence: You are right.
Write (لکھنا)
Meaning: To make letters or numbers on a surface, especially using a pen or a pencil.
Sentence: Write it legibly. (Note: Located at the top of page 59).
88. Role / Roll
Role (کردار)
Meaning: An actor's part in a play, film, etc.
Sentence: What is your role in this game?
Roll (گھومنا / گھمانا / لسٹ)
Meaning: To turn over and over and move in a particular direction.
Sentence: Tears rolled down her cheeks.
89. Site / Sight
Site (جگہ / موقع)
Meaning: A place where a building, town, etc. was, is or will be located.
Sentence: Workers are working on the site.
Sight (بینائی / منظر)
Meaning: The ability to see or something that is seen.
Sentence: Out of sight, out of mind.
90. Stationery / Stationary
Stationery (تحریری سامان / سٹیشنری)
Meaning: Materials for writing and for use in an office, for example, paper, pens and envelopes.
Sentence: They sell stationery.
Stationary (ساکن / رکا ہوا)
Meaning: Not moving; not intended to be moved.
Sentence: The sun is stationary.
91. Than / Then
Than (سے - موازنے کے لیے)
Meaning: Used to introduce the second part of a comparison.
Sentence: He is winter taller than I.
Then (تب / پھر)
Meaning: Used to refer to a particular time in the past or future.
Sentence: He lay then slept.
92. There / Their
There (وہاں / ادھر)
Meaning: In, at or to that place or position.
Sentence: There is nothing in the glass.
Their (ان کا / ان کی)
Meaning: Of or belonging to people, animals or things that have already been mentioned.
Sentence: Which is their house?
93. Too / To
Too (بہت زیادہ / بھی)
Meaning: Used before adjectives and adverbs to say that something is more than is good, necessary, or possible.
Sentence: He is too weak to walk.
To (کی طرف / تک)
Meaning: In the direction of something; towards something.
Sentence: He is too weak to walk. (Note: Concludes at the top of page 60).
94. Waste / Waist
Waste (ضائع کرنا / فضلہ)
Meaning: The act of using something in a careless or unnecessary way.
Sentence: Don't waste your time.
Waist (کمر)
Meaning: The area around the middle of the body between the ribs and the hips.
Sentence: The coat is belted at the waist.
95. Wander / Wonder
Wander (آوارہ پھرنا / مٹر گشتی کرنا)
Meaning: To walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose.
Sentence: Do not wander here, please.
Wonder (حیران ہونا / سوچنا)
Meaning: To think about something and try to decide what is true, what will happen, etc.
Sentence: I wonder, how he died at this age.
96. Whether / Weather
Whether (آیا کہ / خواہ)
Meaning: Used to express a doubt or choice between two possibilities.
Sentence: Do it whether you like it or not.
Weather (موسم)
Meaning: The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as temperature, wind, rain, or sun.
Sentence: The weather is fine today.