PAIRS AND SNARES XXXIV

The word pairs and trios below can be confusing. Can you give a simple definition of each word that show the differences between them?

1. WARP - WEFT

2. ECOLE - ETOILE

3. AUGER - AUGUR 

4. AMBIT - GAMBIT

5. ESCADRILLE - ESPADRILLE

6. FULSOME - FULMINATE - FULIGINOUS

7. FUGATIOUS - FLAGITIOUS - FALLACIOUS

8. COLLAGE - DECOUPAGE - DECOLLETAGE

9. CLIQUE - CLAQUE - (CLICK-CLACK) - CALQUE

10. BARIATRIC - BALEARIC - HYPERBARIC - HYPERBOLIC - HYPERBOLA

Answers:

1. WARP- The vertical threads on a loom (for weaving)

    WEFT - The horizontal threads on a loom (also called WOOF) 

2. ECOLE - (French) - A school

    ETOILE - (French) - A star, (also) principal dancer in a ballet

 

3. AUGER -  A tool used for boring or making holes, as in leather work*

    AUGUR - To prophesy, predict the future*

 

4. AMBIT - The scope, extent, or bounds of something

    GAMBIT - A stratagem designed to gain an advantage  

5. ESCADRILLE - A European (French) squadron of aircraft (usually six)

    ESPADRILLE - A light canvas shoe with a rubber sole

 

6. FULSOME - Excessively complimentary or flattering / Large, generous, abundant

    FULMINATE - Complain loudly or angrily

    FULIGINOUS - Sooty, dirty, soiled

 

7. FUGATIOUS - Fleeting, ephemeral, lasting only a short time

    FLAGITIOUS - Criminal, wicked, vile, scandalous

    FALLACIOUS -  False, based on mistaken belief, erroneous 

8. COLLAGE -  An art form made by layering various materials on to a backing

    DECOUPAGE - Similar to a collage, but the layered materials are cut out (as pictures out of newspapers) before being glued on

    DECOLLETAGE - A plunging, revealing neckline on a woman's dress

 

9.  CLIQUE -  A small group of people with shared interests or something in common that does not readily welcome outsiders

     CLAQUE - A group of sycophantic followers / A group hired to applaud (or heckle) a speaker or performer 

     CLICK-CLACK - A distinctive sound - as the sound of a railroad train moving down a track

     CALQUE -  In linguistics, a word or phrase borrowed from another language with a direct,  literal, word-for-word translation / examples: pomme d'Adam - Adam's apple,

luna de miel - honeymoon 

10.  BARIATRIC -  Referring to a surgical procedure  for obesity and related conditions in which the digestive system is altered

       BALEARIC -  An island archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea belonging to and off the eastern coast of Spain - Mallorca is the largest island

      HYPERBARIC -  Referring to oxygen therapy in an enclosed chamber where air pressure is two to three times greater than normal - allowing the lungs to fill with oxygen that can remove trapped air bubbles form the blood stream - commonly used to treat "the bends" in deep sea diving

     HYPERBOLIC -  Very exaggerated language - sometimes used purposely to draw attention to something and not meant to be taken seriously (from HYPERBOLE)

     HYPERBOLA - A conic section in mathematics (geometry) related to a parabola 

*3: These words are stressonyms. Auger, the hole-making tool, has the stress on the first syllable (au' gur). Augur, to phrophesy, stessess the second syllable (au gur')