seam vs seem
Definitions
noun
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
verb
- put together with a seam
Examples
We kept Mnemosyne for over two months, and never once did she misconduct herself or behave in an unseamanlike manner.
The overall seaminess of that enterprise is so underreported that just last week, one of the Post's own reporters felt like they had to obtain a quote in order to get the dictionary definition of "lobbyist" into their story.
Women also frequently work in family businesses as shopkeepers and seamstresses.
Definitions
verb
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- appear to one's own mind or opinion
- appear to exist
- seem to be true, probable, or apparent
Examples
Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions.
Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified.
