These two adjectives come from the same root, and insoluble has one meaning which is the same as that of insolvable, but also another more fundamental meaning.Both insoluble and insolvable can mean “not solvable,” as in a problem, mystery, or riddle: The tricky professor gave his students insoluble/insolvable physics problems.Poverty may be an insoluble/insolvable problem, […]

These words are unrelated, and both have very narrow usages, especially braze, which is very rare.Braise is a French word—both a noun and a verb in English—that refers to cooking something in a little bit of fat and liquid, at a temperature lower than boiling: I’m going to braise asparagus with butter and garlic for […]

Bridal is the adjective form of bride (a woman who is getting married). It is not the same as “wife”—a married woman—but rather a woman at her wedding, or while preparing for her wedding. The adjective bridal can refer to anything associated with being a bride: The bridal party included the bride, her parents, and […]

Apposite and Opposite have quite different meanings.  Both words refer to position—though they also have metaphorical senses that go far beyond position.While you may know that opposite means “on the farthest away side” or “facing” position-wise, you might not know that apposite means “next to” or “touching” (in it’s position meaning)—although, to complicate things, it is […]

Anymore is one word, while any more is a phrase—and they have different meanings. The phrase any more is simply a combination of the words any and more, in which each word has its independent meaning, and is used to modify nouns, where it means the same thing as “more,” though the word any is used mainly […]