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Using precise terms will make you a better communicator.<\/p>\n

One way to be more precise is by choosing words with the appropriate level of intensity.<\/p>\n

For example, think of the verbs rain<\/em>, drizzle<\/em>, and pour<\/em>. Rain<\/em> isn’t very precise. Telling me it’s raining<\/em> doesn’t give me much information. Is it raining a lot, or just a little bit. Do I really need my umbrella?<\/p>\n

But if you tell me it’s drizzling<\/em>\u00a0or pouring<\/em>, I have a more accurate picture of what’s going on. (Drizzle<\/em> means that it’s raining just a little bit, and\u00a0pour<\/em>\u00a0means that it’s raining very hard.)<\/p>\n

These differences between similar words are called shades of meaning.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 charts showing the shades of meaning between similar verbs.<\/p>\n

Also see Shades of Meaning in Adjectives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Also see Shades of Meaning in Adjectives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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