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Venal vs. Venial
venal
Definition
capable of being corrupted
Examples
a venal police officer
venial
Definition
warranting only temporal punishment
Examples
venial sin
Other misspelled words
Nutritional vs. Nutritious
Turbid vs. Turbulent vs. Turgid
Misogynist vs. Misanthropist
Defendable vs. Defensible
Heroin vs. Heroine
Ambiguous vs. Ambivalent
Regretful vs. Regrettable
Days vs. Daze
Alighted vs. Lighted
Defuse vs. Diffuse
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