ACTIVE VOCABULARY =Vocabulary we use, while speaking and writing. An enriched active vocabulary helps us to become effective speakers and writers. We can add a new word to our active vocabulary, by using that new word at least 20 times with some time gaps.
PASSIVE VOCABULARY =Vocabulary we use, while deciphering the messages received from others. Our passive vocabulary gets enriched, when we read or listen communications from others which contain some new words. Our passive vocabulary gets coloured with the contextual meanings we deduce from the texts we read. Besides, words may have more than just one or two meanings.
• Conscious Additions to our active vocabulary will automatically add up to our passive vocabulary also. It will, therefore, be better for us, to load our intellects with all possible meanings of the new word, so that we do not get puzzled when we see the same word used by another person in a different context with a different meaning.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "EMANCIPATED" and "EMANCIATED" Emancipated - is a positive word which refers to liberation and strength. It refers to freeing others, when used in active voice, and as a transitive verb.. Used in passive voice, as a past participle and as an attributive adjective, we get the meaning of something which is "freed and liberated" by somebody else.
Examples: Does religion emancipate us from the bonds of sin? (Active voice; transitive verb.) A truly emancipated person will not be afraid of bureaucrats and politicians. Use as noun: Emancipation from greed, strengthens our ability to resist corruption and temptation.
Emaciated - is a negative word which symbolises weakness. We can use this in active voice and passive voice, just as we used "emancipate" in the above example. Examples :
