Difference
between Idol, idle, and ideal
These three
words are often confusing and sound somewhat similar when they are pronounced.
Most of the people who claim that they know the English better, even they don’t
know the difference between these words and also don’t know the particular
meaning of these words.
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Let’s learn
the difference......
What is the difference
between Idol, Idle, and Ideal?
Idol – It means that “a statue that people
treat it as a god”
Or, “Any
famous personality or someone else who is admired or loved.”
Idol is just
a statue (of God, or can be of any famous
person) to whom people show their
respect and treats it as
their god.
Idol is a
noun.
Example -
Some movie stars are being worshiped as the idol in southern India.
Synonyms –
hero, effigy, icon
Idle – It means that “someone who is lazy”
Or, “someone
who is not willing to do anything”
Or, “someone who is not interested to put
efforts in doing
something”
Or, “someone
or something which is not being used”
Or, “someone
who is not wanting to work hard”
We often say someone idle when we see someone not doing
anything and just waste their time.
Idle is an
adjective.
Example – If
you being idle you’ll delay your success on your own.
Synonyms –
lazy, slothful, shiftless
Let’s move
on to the last word “ideal”...
Ideal – “A person or thing which is regarded
as perfect”
Or we can
also, say that something which is most suitable for someone.
In other words, it means that someone whom people follow
passionately, people treat
someone as their mentor, they follow whatever their ideal says.
Example –
1.Sachin
Tendulkar is ideal for most of the
cricket fans in India.
2. Nobody is
ideal in this rapidly transforming world.
Here is a sentence, ideal refers to the “perfect” and the
the sentence becomes like this
“nobody is
perfect in this rapidly transforming world.”
Synonyms –
perfection, epitome, absolute, paragon
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