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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Words from your times #107494 07/24/2003 5:16 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 other word that has two versions Orient/Orientate and/or, Preventive/Preventative, reminds me of two other such words whose usage has at times, confused and annoyed. 1. Legitimate (as verb) versus Legitimise 2. Disputation versus Dispute (as noun) Edit: 3. Regnant versus Reigning (as adj.) Can these words be loosely swapped, one for the other or are they situation specific? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Words from our times Jackie 07/12/2003 11:38 PM Re: Words from our times maverick 07/13/2003 12:12 AM Re: Words from our times Jackie 07/13/2003 1:42 AM Re: Words from our times wow 07/13/2003 1:14 PM Re: Words from our times Zed 07/16/2003 11:44 PM Re: Words from our times maverick 07/17/2003 12:20 PM Re: Words from our times Jackie 07/17/2003 4:56 PM Re: Words from our times dodyskin 07/19/2003 10:18 AM Re: Words from our times Buffalo Shrdlu 07/19/2003 1:56 PM Re: Words from our times Jackie 07/19/2003 6:52 PM The sliding floor... musick 07/19/2003 8:37 PM Re: The sliding floor... Jackie 07/20/2003 2:40 AM Re: she jest' ates it... maverick 07/20/2003 9:30 PM Re: Words from our times Faldage 07/20/2003 9:42 PM Re: Words from our times Zed 07/21/2003 7:09 PM Re: Words from our times Faldage 07/21/2003 7:34 PM Re: Words from our times of troy 07/21/2003 8:13 PM Re: long memory and maverick 07/21/2003 9:11 PM Re: Words from your times Buffalo Shrdlu 07/22/2003 2:22 AM Re: Words from your times Faldage 07/22/2003 9:58 AM Re: Words from your times maahey 07/24/2003 5:16 PM Re: Words from your times Faldage 07/24/2003 5:54 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,288 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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