lessen vs lesson
Definitions
verb
- make smaller
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- wear off or die down
Examples
Every time a battery is left to go completely flat it lessens its chances of taking full charge again, which is probably why the situation is getting worse.
Inhaling sandalwood oil lessens stress and can stop vomiting.
What I really liked, from my white boy point-of-view, was Eddie taking a brief second to explain his continual usage of the N-word: because its power is lessened the more it's used.
Definitions
noun
- a unit of instruction
- the significance of a story or event
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- a task assigned for individual study
Examples
The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war.
To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
Today's lesson focuses on how to write a summary of a news article.
