Thursday, September 1, 2016

annual, annular

Annual or annual means yearly, or once a year --
The annual music festival is this weekend.
This flower is an annual; it won't grow back next year.

Annular or annular means ring-shaped --
They hope to get a good view of the annular eclipse of the Sun.
The doctor says it's an annular tear; he may need surgery.

Now that you know that, you can say --
"He spent his annual bonus on a new annular cutter; he says he'll be able to work much faster now."

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