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* To '''disillusion''' is a [[verb]] meaning 'to take the illusion away from'. It is built from the [[prefix]] '''dis-''' , which has one '-s-', and the [[noun]] '''illusion''', which does not start with '-s-'. So '''disillusion''' has only one '-s-' in its first syllable. (The related noun is '''disillusionment'''.) | * To '''disillusion''' is a [[verb]] meaning 'to take the illusion away from'. It is built from the [[prefix]] '''dis-''' , which has one '-s-', and the [[noun]] '''illusion''', which does not start with '-s-'. So '''disillusion''' has only one '-s-' in its first syllable. (The related noun is '''disillusionment'''.) | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''Dissolution''' is a noun from the verb to '''dissolve'''. That in turn is built from '''dis-''' (one '-s-') and '''solve''', which <u>does</u> start with '-s-'. So '''dissolution''' has two '-s-'s in the first syllable. |
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Latest revision as of 10:09, 6 May 2015
Except in careful speech, these are homophones, and so a writer in a hurry can confuse them. (The careful speaker will voice the second '-si-' in disillusion with the same sound as in 'confusion' IPA: /ʒ/. The '-ti-' in dissolution is unvoiced, like the sound in 'attention' IPA: /ʃ/.) It may help you to distinguish them to note their etymology.
- To disillusion is a verb meaning 'to take the illusion away from'. It is built from the prefix dis- , which has one '-s-', and the noun illusion, which does not start with '-s-'. So disillusion has only one '-s-' in its first syllable. (The related noun is disillusionment.)
- Dissolution is a noun from the verb to dissolve. That in turn is built from dis- (one '-s-') and solve, which does start with '-s-'. So dissolution has two '-s-'s in the first syllable.
