cease and decease are almost the same!

[plommer]

cease
v.tr. To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production.

1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.
2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: "fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings" (Tennyson).

n. Cessation; pause: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.
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decease
[dɪˈsiːs]n a more formal word for death

vb (intr) a more formal word for die1[C14 (n): from Old French deces, from Latin dēcēdere to depart]
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Ice and de-ice have two very different meanings.

Engrish is a turrible language.

 

[Blitty]

 

[Bread]

 

[Mudcat]

Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.

Yet applying the same prefix "in" to other words turns them into opposites. An example might be convenient and inconvenient. Sane and insane.



Isn't that a fine how-do-you-do?

 

[plommer]

Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.

Yet applying the same prefix "in" to other words turns them into opposites. An example might be convenient and inconvenient. Sane and insane.



Isn't that a fine how-do-you-do?

Exactly.

Muddy, it's nice to know a smart guy like you gets me, pal.

 

[stevek173]

This is kind of dehumanizing. I don't find it offensive, but it seems to be making the end of a life a synonym to the end of an object moving/performing its task, etc.