 #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 10, 2016 16:11 pm Re: A book or website teaching similar words differences |
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| Quote: | | What do you call such a book? |
It can be a Book of Synonyms.
| Quote: | | I'm stuck, I don't know what to type on Google, so that I can find a guidance or a book or a website teaching these differences to us. |
You can just type 'Difference between 'buy' and 'purchase'; Difference between 'soccer' and 'football'; Difference between 'fall' and 'autumn' etc.
A search on this forum will give you more comments including that of Alan. (http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic24802.html)
Two other results of my Google search for the difference between 'buy and purchase' are as follows:
1. There is some difference between them, specifically regarding the contexts in which they may be used. Buying is considered a general term, which is most commonly used to refer to everyday goods and commodities, while, purchase is considered to be a more formal word than buy.
2. Generally speaking they mean the same thing, but "purchase" is of a higher register than "buy". So in most informal contexts it would sound weird if you used "puchase" as in "go purchase some eggs". However, "purchase" functions as a noun to mean that which is bought ("after I make my purchase", "the purchase of the house"), while "buy" is solely a verb.
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