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averse vs. adverse

Posted on October 28, 2013October 25, 2019 by admin

It’s not a shocker that these two adjectives are frequently confused. They differ in spelling only by a letter, and they both mean, broadly speaking, “opposed to.” Digging deeper into their etymology…

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