2021-04-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – act & action
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง act = ‘AKT’
ออกเสียง action = ‘AK-shuhn’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Action = the process of being active;
= energeticactivity;
= effect or influence:
a man of action
Not to be confused with:
auction = a publicly held sale at which
goods are sold to the highest bidder:
I made the highest bid at the auction.
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR ACTION
Action, act, deed
mean somethingdone.
Action applies especially to the doing,
act to the result of the doing.
An action usually lasts through some time
and consists of more than oneact:
to take action on a petition.
An act is single: an act of kindness.
Deed emphasizesthe finished or completed quality of an act;
it may imply an act of some note, good or bad:
an irrevocable deed; a deed of daring.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Act and action
Usage Note:
Act and action both mean "a deed" and "the process of doing."
However, other senses of act,
such as "a decision made by a legislative body"
and of action, such as "habitual or vigorous activity"
show that act tends to refer to a deed
while action tends to refer to the process of doing.
Thus, people engage in sex acts but not sex actions.
By the same token,
one may want a piece of the action, but not a piece of the act.
The demands of meaning or idiom
often require one word or the other.
In some cases, eithercan be used:
my act (or action) was premature.
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
Act and action
An act is a deed, a thing done.
Action is related in meaning but more precisely
suggests the doingof something,
of beingin operation or motion.
“That was an act of kindness.”
“The climax of the indoor games was the mile run.”
