Homophones, homographs, homonyms… Ugh. All these complex words to describe more confusing words. And it’s not just non-native ...

Do you know the differences between enormousness and enormity? How about between flaunt and flout? Larry talks with Steve Kleinedler, senior editor of 100 Words Everyone Confuses and Misuses and 100 ...

As NPR podcast hosts and language experts, we regularly hear people misusing words that seem alike but mean very different things. We call them "confusables" — because they are, well, confusing. These ...

I’m sitting here thinking about an old buddy and an English teacher from Boonsboro High School. "Fink" was a good pal. His given name was Dave Phillips, but all his school friends just called him Fink ...