Nobel Prize Winner in Physics in 1912
Nils Gustaf Dalén’s motto was: Be Optimistic. He demonstrated this motto to himself: when lost his vision in an explosion while working...
Advent, Adventism, Adventist, Adventitious
Advent, Adventism, Adventist, Adventitious
Advent means the approach or the arrival or the coming of
something. Such as the...
Wit, Wits, Wit’s End or Wits’ End
WIT, WITS, At One’s Wit’s End or At One’s Wits’ End?
WIT:
Wit means reasoning power,...
Ghat, Ghats: Mountain Pass, River Bank
India is a country of ghats: the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats. India is a country of ghats on rivers and lakes...
Belles Lettres: Belles-Lettres
Belles lettres:
English language has borrowed many words and many phrases
from other languages such as belles-lettres and belletrist....
Novel (Not, Noval), Naval, Navel
Is Covid-19 a noval coronavirus or novel coronavirus? Is there a difference between noval and novel? In the advertisement issued in the...
Theosophy, Theology
Theosophy, Theology
Theosophy is a philosophy. Theosophy aims at a direct knowledge of God by means of meditation and...
Jungle, Jungle Raj
Jungle is a word derived from Hindi (jangal), and Pali and Prakrit (jangala). In these languages, the word referred to a waterless...
Welt, Welter, Welterweight
Welt, Welter, Welterweight
Welt is a strip of leather round the edge of the upper of a...
Langur, Gray Langur (Hanuman Langur), Languor
Langur & Languor
LANGUR:
Gray langur, (Semnopithecus), is also knowns as Hanuman langur. Grey langurs...