Ambiguous terminations
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WORDS ENDING IN -ANCE OR -ENCE, -ANCY OR -ENCY, -ANT OR -ENT
The terminations specified in this heading are often made misleading by careless or illegible writing. The following is a list of many common words ending in -ence, -ency, -ent:
- abducent
- abhorrence, -ent
- abluent
- absent, -ence
- absorbent
- abstergent
- abstinence, -ent
- adherence, -ent
- advertency, -ent
- affluence, -ent
- antecedence
- antecedent
- apparent
- appertinent
- appetence, -ency
- ardent
- benevolence,-ent
- circumference
- coexistence
- coherence, -ent
- coincidence, -ent
- competence, -ent
- concurrence, -ent
- condolence
- conference
- confidence, -ent
- confluence, -ent
- consentient
- consequence
- consequent
- consistence, -ent
- consistency
- constituent
- continence, -ent
- convenience, -ent
- corpulence, -ent
- correspondence
- correspondent
- currency, -ent
- deference
- delinquency, -ent
- dependence
- dependent (adj.)
- deponent
- descendent(adj.)
- despondency
- despondent
- difference
- diffidence, -ent
- diffluent
- efficiency, -ent
- eminence, -ency
- eminent
- excellence, -ency
- excellent
- existence, -ent
- expediency, -ent
- feculence, -ent
- flocculence, -ent
- fluency, -ent
- fraudulence,-ent
- imminence, -ent
- impatience, -ent
- impellent
- imprudence, -ent
- impudence, -ent
