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These words are two sides of the same coin: ways to get more or to make something go further. One side is about saving; the other is about spending less.

Warning! These similar sounding words have very different meanings. To prescribe is to recommend and to proscribe is to forbid. One little letter makes a big difference.

Both have to do with right and wrongbut amoral means having no sense of eitherlike a fishbut the evil immoral describes someone who knows the difference doesn't careand says "mwah ha ha" while twirling a mustache.

A correlation is exactly what it sounds like: a co-relationor relationship — like the correlation between early birds waking up and the sun rising. But corollary is more like a consequence like the corollary of the rooster crowing because you smacked it in the beak. Both words love the math lab but can hang with the rest of ustoo.

Both words have to do with the mindbut it's more important to be conscious or awakethan conscience, or aware of right and wrong. Remain conscious while listening to your friend's moral dilemma so you can use your conscience to give good advice.

Novelistsmagiciansand other tricksters keep these words busy. Novelists love an allusionan indirect reference to something like a secret treasure for the reader to find; magicians heart illusionsor fanciful fake-outs; but tricksters suffer from delusionsideas that have no basis in reality.