Confused words

Former and Latter
The terms former and latter are words used to distinguish between two things. Former directs us to the first of these two things, and latter directs us to the second (or last) of them. Do not use former or latter when you are writing about more than two things.


Above or over?
above= ‘higher than’. above ന്റെ അർത്ഥം  over. എന്നതിനോട് വളരെ സാമ്യമുള്ളതാണ്.താഴെകൊടുത്ത sentence ൽ over , above ന് പകരം ഉപയോഗിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്

The waves came up above Sushama's  head and she started screaming. (or … came up over  Sushama's  head …)

upper or higher level എന്ന അർത്ഥത്തിൽ  above,ആണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുക,അല്ലാതെ  over അല്ല 

[a ‘chalet’ is a small wooden building usually found in mountainous areas]

Do they live in that mountain above the village?

Not: Do they live in that mountain  over the village?

We usually use above, but not over, when there is no contact between the things referred to. Over or on top of have a more general meaning, and can be used when one thing touches or covers another:

Mother  put a blanket over her.

Not: Mother  put a blanket above  her. 

 numbers ന് ഒപ്പം over ആണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുക above അല്ല 

I get over 100  calls  a day.

Not: I get over 100  calls  a day.

പക്ഷെ  temperatures in relation to zero or (the) average, നമ്മൾ above ആണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുക :

It was three degrees abovezero.

Not: It was three degrees over zero.

When we refer to temperatures in other contexts, we can normally use above or over:

The temperature is already above 30 degrees. (or … over 30 degrees.)