Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused – Part 2 of 6

BAITED, BATED Baited usually refers to traps or snares. When the reference is to someone who is hardly daring to breathe, the correct word is always bated: “She watched with bated breath.” I’ve yet to read that someone “bated a trap” instead of baiting it, but there’s always a first time. BARE, BEAR Bare means […]