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[squeeze_me_tite]

sometimes words really drive me nuts. here's my current peeve

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[sans_galois]

Anything that is addicting obviously has addictive properties, so I don't see why those two words can't be used interchangeably.

I also don't see why "evoking" and "evocative" can't be used interchangeably.

"Ensure" and "insure" are interchangeable only in particular contexts.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ensure
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=insure

[sans_galois]

Perhaps I should elaborate a bit more on my first part.

Anything that has addictive properties can be considered addicting.
Anything that is addicting has addictive properties.

Addictive is an adjective, and addicting is a verbal adjective. To me, they seem to be pretty much the same word, just coming from two different forms of the same root word.

[squeeze_me_tite]

and i'm thus all the wiser-- thank goodness!

[sans_galois]

Keep in mind that this is just my thoughts, this is just how it seems to me