Wednesday, August 8, 2012

college, colleague

College or college ( pronounced coll ledge ) means a post-secondary school, or one of the departments of a university--
He planned to attend the local college after graduating from high school.
They like to watch college sports on weekends.

Colleague or colleague ( pronounced coll league ) means a co-worker or collaborator--
His colleague was a hard worker, and always did his share.
He was uncomfortable with his new colleague, but they soon got to know one another.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"His colleague on the new project had been his teammate in college."

Note--"collage" ( pronounced coe LAHJ ) means a work of art made by pasting bits of different colored or printed paper to a background of some kind--
He liked to tear pieces from magazines and paste them into a collage.

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