Confused Words

Waist and Waste

Waist means middle, waistline, the part of human body below the ribs and above the hips.

Waste means spend, destroy, squander, lose, etc.

The river has waist-deep water.

We should not waste money on unnecessary things.

Spend

Spend: to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.); to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding; to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.; to use up, consume, or exhaust.

Synonym: disburse, dispose of, expend, lay out, consume, dissipate, exhaust, lavish, squander, devote, apply.

Example: Mark spends a lot on his electronic accessories.

Usage in Sentence: Spend on, not for.

Don’t say: I spend a lot of time for my computer.

ü Say: I spend a lot of time on my computer.