Welcome to another mind-bending installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! This week we'll be looking at a pair of words so similar that the difference in pronunciation between the two of them is difficult to distinguish, and yet their meanings are quite distinct. And the Words of Week are:
Immanent: (adjective) inherent; transcendent; present throughout the world
Imminent: (adjective) likely to happen soon
-- "Word Traps", Jordan L. Linfield & Joseph Krevisky, Innovation Press, 1993.
Example: Due to the immanent nature of sibling rivalry, it seemed inevitable that conflict was imminent when the family climbed into the car.
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