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.
Women also frequently work in family businesses as shopkeepers and seamstresses.
And then we were amazed to hear the sound of singing -- amazed, for it was not the uncouth singing of negroes (who in happy circumstances delight to uplift their voices in psalms) nor yet the boisterous untuneable roaring of rough seamen, like Vetch's buccaneers, but a most melodious and pleasing sound, which put me in mind (and Cludde also) of the madrigal singers of our good town of Shrewsbury.
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.
I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
