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Recently, someone asked me to explain the difference between the words waver and waiver. Here’s the difference between the two.
Waver
Waver is a verb that means something like being unsteady or undecided.
- In the end, her courage wavered as she stood to jump from the plane.
- After his mother died, his faith in God wavered.
Waiver
Waiver, on the other hand, is a noun that refers to the process of waiving something (or a token of that process), and to waive something means to dismiss it.
- Because he has lots his job, his landlord gave him a waiver for that month’s rent.
- The developer was friends with the development officer, so he secured a waiver for his building’s excess height.
- Before the photographer started taking photographs, she had her clients sign a usage waiver.
Which words do you confuse? Let me know in the comments below.
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