Cursor and Cursory Meanings Explained
Cursor: This term commonly refers to a visual indicator on a computer screen, such as an arrow or blinking line, that shows the current position of the mouse or text input. It functions as a pointer.
Cursory: This word describes something performed quickly or superficially, without attention to detail. For example, a cursory glance means a brief look. It signifies something done in haste.
Comparing these definitions with the given options, Option 4 accurately describes both words:
- Cursor means a pointer
- Cursory means something done in haste
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- Pontoon and Platoon
- Imminent and Eminent
- Liable and Libel
- Climatic and Climactic
- Incredible and Incredulous
- Invoke and Revoke
- Affect and Effect
- Hard and Hardly
- Conscious and Conscience
- Braid, Beard, Brood
1. The engineers were asked to braid the river by converting it into single body with the aid of an artificial dam.
2. Wise men, they say, often sport a beard.
3. Among certain avian species the males are known to brood the eggs laid by females.
In which of the sentences given above has/have the words been used correctly?
Important Questions from Confusable Words
Match List – I with List – II:
List-I List-II (a) Tour (i) A short educational or recreational trip (b) Pilgrimage (ii) A casual outing where food is usually packed and taken (c) Excursion (iii) Mostly a journey to a holy site (d) Picnic (iv) Travelling to multiple locations - Pontoon and Platoon
- Imminent and Eminent
- Liable and Libel
- Climatic and Climactic
