Appraise or Apprise: Verbs with Similar Forms in English

'Appraise’ is to officially judge how successful, effective something or someone is, while to ‘apprise’ is to inform or tell someone about something:

Verbs are absolutely crucial lexical items in language. They convey the action, process or state that is proposed in a sentence. A wrong choice of verb can, therefore, result in an entirely wrong proposition. As an open word class with limitless entries, it is essential to deploy them with exactitud

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