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Venal vs. Venial

venal

Definition

capable of being corrupted

Examples

a venal police officer

venial

Definition

warranting only temporal punishment

Examples

venial sin

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Ambiguous vs. Ambivalent

Medal vs. Meddle

Alighted vs. Lighted

Disparity vs. Discrepancy

Consequently vs. Subsequently

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