2021-01-07 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Seasonable & seasonal

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2021-01-07

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Seasonable & seasonal

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Seasonable = ‘SEE-zuh-nuh-buhl’

ออกเสียง seasonal = ‘SEE-zuh-nl’

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

seasonable

= timely; fit; appropriate;

characteristic of the season:

seasonable weather

Not to be confused with:

seasonal

= pertaining to the seasons of the year;

periodical: seasonal work;

depending or occurringon the season:

seasonal fluctuations in rainfall

Dictionary.com

WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH SEASONAL

Seasonal and seasonable are sometimes interchanged,

probably because of their obvious connectionwith season.

In edited prose and in formal speech

these two adjectives are almost always distinguished.

Seasonal describes phenomena

that occur with or depend upon a seasonor the seasons:

seasonal fluctuations in rainfall; seasonal sales.

Seasonable in reference to weather

means “suitable to or characteristic ofthe season”:

a seasonable December; seasonable temperatures for July.

Seasonable also has the sense “timely, opportune”:

a seasonable offer of financial assistance.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary

sea′son•al•ly, adv.

usage:

The adjectives seasonal and seasonable are not interchangeable.

seasonal describes phenomena that occur with or depend upon a season

or the seasons:

seasonal fluctuations in rainfall; seasonal sales.

seasonable in reference to weather

means “suitable to or characteristic ofthe season”:

seasonable temperatures for July.

seasonable also has the sense “timely”:

a seasonable offer of financial assistance.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Seasonable & seasonal

Seasonable means ‘timely” or “appropriate to the season”:

“Seasonable rains resulted in an excellent wheat crop.”

“Cold weather is seasonable in February,”

Seasonal means “associated or connectedwith seasons,”

“what is controlled by, or dependson, seasons”:

“This decrease in employment is seasonal.”