SSC: pairs of confusion

[muckefuck]

Here are some words I often confuse for no reason:

cartoon, commercial
forbidding, foreboding
gambit, gamut

Comments

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Me too! But they are my new favourite words. (Particularly amphibole, which is really two words in one.)

hornblende

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

Hornblende are those black specks you see in granite (and other igneous rocks). If you look closely, you can see that they are often columnar in shape.

Chuck, your geology lesson for today.