Tuesday, February 14, 2012

sweet, suite

Sweet or sweet means the taste of candy, sugar, or something similar--
He has a real sweet tooth. He always enjoys candy.
This coffee isn't sweet enough. Where's the sugar?
Sweet may describe the smell of some flowers or spices--
The sweet smell of cookies baking brought them all to the kitchen door.
Sweet may describe a person, a person's behavior, or life in general--
You remembered my birthday--how sweet.

Suite or suite ( rhymes with sweet ) means a set of something, such as rooms, musical compositions, or furniture--
What a nice hotel. They are staying in the penthouse suite.
We got a bargain on a living room suite.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The roses filled the honeymoon suite with a sweet fragrance."

Note--not to be confused with "suit" ( rhymes with boot )--meaning a set of clothing or the matching cards in a deck--
Is that a new suit? It looks great.
The cards have to match either number or suit to make a play.
Note # 2--a suit may also mean a civil law case--
He will never win his suit with a lawyer who is always late.
Suit may also mean a courtship, with marriage usually the object--
He was so persistent in his suit that she accepted.

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