✅ Combine means to mix or unite things together into a whole (Combine flour and butter in a bowl).

✅ Blend means to mix things together until they become smooth or inseparable (Her work blends classic and modern styles).

✅ Both of these terms mean to mix things together, but they differ on exactly how to do that.

✅ Combine can mean to mix things together just enough that they form one mass, whereas blend suggests mixing things together completely, with no lumps or unmixed parts.

✅ A liar is a person who says things that are untrue with the intention of deceiving others (The politician was accused of being a liar).

✅ A fabulist is a liar or a person who invents and then tells fables (Don’t listen to him, he’s a fabulist).

✅ Both of these terms refer to people who speak falsely.

✅ Fabulist is a less common term and emphasizes telling untrue stories rather than making misleading statements.

✅ Falsify means to alter or misrepresent something in order to deceive (He falsified documents).

✅ Forge means to imitate something, such as someone’s signature, in order to commit fraud (They forged her signature).

✅ Both of these words mean to present something as authentic when it’s not.

✅ Falsify emphasizes the act of pretending something is authentic, whereas forge emphasizes the act of making something appear authentic.