Skip to content
  • Pro Course
Writing Explained
  • Home
  • Confusing Words
  • How to Create a Blog
  • Style Guides
    • AP Style
    • Chicago Style
    • MLA Style
    • APA Style
  • Dictionary
    • Abbreviations
    • Grammar Terms
    • Literary Terms
    • Idioms
    • Spelling Dictionary
  • Literature

1984 Book

Home » Literature Explained – Literary Synopses and Book Summaries » 1984 Book

1984 summary and analysis

1984 Introduction


Summary

Read a complete summary of 1984 along with an outline of its literary elements.

  • Book Summary >>
  • Major Literary Elements >>
  • Literary Significance >>

Character Descriptions

Who are the characters in 1984?

  • Character Analysis >>

Major Themes

What are the major themes in 1984?

  • Major Themes >>

Major Symbols

What are the major symbols in 1984?

  • Major Symbols >>

Contents

Confusing Words

  • A versus An
  • A lot versus Alot
  • Accent versus Ascent versus Assent
  • Accept versus Except
  • Access versus Excess
  • Accidently versus Accidentally
  • Acclimation versus Acclamation
  • Acknowledgement versus Acknowledgment
  • Acumen versus Acuity versus Acuteness
  • Acute versus Chronic
  • Ad versus Add
  • Adapter versus Adaptor
  • Addenda versus Addendum
  • Addicting versus Addictive
  • Adsorb versus Absorb
  • Advice versus Advise
  • Adviser versus Advisor
  • Aerobic versus Anaerobic
  • Affect versus Effect
  • Affect Change versus Effect Change
  • Affective versus Effective
  • Afflict versus Inflict
  • Afterward versus Afterwards
  • Ageing versus Aging
  • Ahold versus A hold
  • Aeroplane versus Airplane
  • Aisle versus Isle
  • Aka versus A.k.a.
  • All of a Sudden versus All of the Sudden
  • Allowed versus Aloud
  • Allude versus Elude
  • Aloud versus Out Loud
  • Alter versus Altar
  • Altogether versus All Together
  • Aluminum versus Aluminium
  • Alright versus All Right
  • Always versus All ways
  • Ambiance versus Ambience
  • Amend versus Emend
  • Among versus Amongst
  • Analog versus Analogue
  • Analyse versus Analyze
  • Analysis versus Analyses
  • Anime versus Manga
  • Anxious versus Eager
  • Anyone versus Any one
  • Anyplace versus Any Place
  • Anytime versus Any Time
  • Anyway versus Any way
  • Anyway versus Anyways
  • Apart versus A part
  • Assent versus Consent
  • Attorney versus Lawyer
  • Attain versus Obtain
  • Aural versus Oral
  • Autumn versus Fall
  • Avenge versus Revenge
  • Averse versus Adverse
  • Avocation versus Vocation
  • Awaiting versus Waiting
  • Award versus Reward
  • Awhile versus A While
  • Aww versus Awe
  • Backup versus Back up
  • Backward versus Backwards
  • Backyard versus Back Yard
  • Bad versus Badly
  • Bad rap versus Bad rep
  • Barbecue versus Barbeque
  • Bass versus Base
  • Bearing versus Baring
  • Because versus Since
  • Bedpost versus Bed Post
  • Behavior versus Behaviour
  • Believes versus Beliefs
  • Below versus Bellows
  • Bent versus Bended
  • Beside versus Besides
  • Between versus Among
  • Biannual versus Semiannual
  • Bi-weekly versus Semi-weekly
  • Binded versus Bound
  • Bingeing versus Binging
  • Bit versus Bitten
  • Blatant versus Flagrant
  • Blimp versus Zeppelin
  • Blond versus Blonde
  • Bourgeois versus Bourgeoisie
  • Breach versus Breech
  • Break versus Brake
  • Brief versus Debrief
  • Brick and Mortar versus Brick and Morter
  • Bring versus Take
  • Broach versus Brooch
  • Broth versus Stock
  • Brung versus Brought
  • Buck Naked versus Butt Naked
  • Buildup versus Build up
  • Bunny versus Rabbit
  • Burst versus Bursted
  • Buses versus Busses
  • Buy versus Bye versus By
  • By Accident versus On Accident
  • Cactuses versus Cacti
  • Caddie versus Caddy
  • Calvary versus Cavalry
  • Camaraderie versus Comradery
  • Can versus May
  • Canceled versus Cancelled
  • Canon vs. Cannon
  • Capability versus Ability
  • Capital versus Capitol
  • Cappuccino versus Latte
  • Cardinal Numbers versus Ordinal Numbers
  • Case in Point versus Case and Point
  • Cast versus Casted
  • Catalog versus Catalogue
  • Center versus Centre
  • Certificate versus Diploma versus Degree
  • Charley Horse versus Charlie Horse
  • Check in versus Check-in
  • Checkout versus Check out
  • Checkup versus Check up
  • Childcare versus Child Care
  • Choir versus Chorus
  • Choose vs. Chose
  • Cite versus Site versus Sight
  • Cleanup versus Clean up
  • Client versus Customer
  • Climatic versus Climactic
  • Cloth versus Clothes
  • Co-operate versus Cooperate
  • Co-Worker versus Coworker
  • Coca versus Cocoa
  • Cocoa versus Cacao
  • Cold versus Flu
  • Coleslaw versus Coldslaw
  • Coliseum versus Colosseum
  • Collaborate versus Corroborate
  • Collectable versus Collectible
  • College versus University
  • Competence versus Competency
  • Compliment versus Complement
  • Comprise versus Compose
  • Conscience versus Conscious
  • Consignor versus Consignee
  • Contagious versus Infectious
  • Contiguous versus Continuous
  • Continually versus Continuously
  • Convince versus Persuade
  • Copywritten versus Copyrighted
  • Cord versus Chord
  • Corn Flour versus Corn Meal
  • Correspondence versus Correspondance
  • Could Have versus Could Of
  • Could versus Would
  • Counselling versus Counseling
  • Counselor versus Councilor
  • Cozy versus Cosy
  • Crayfish versus Crawfish
  • Creek versus Crick
  • Criticise versus Criticize
  • Current versus Currant
  • Curricula versus Curriculum
  • Dairy versus Diary
  • Dam versus Damn
  • Deceased versus Diseased
  • Defendant versus Plaintiff
  • Depository versus Repository
  • Device versus Devise
  • Dialog versus Dialogue
  • Dice versus Die
  • Different From versus Different Than
  • Diner versus Dinner
  • Disc versus Disk
  • Discreet versus Discrete
  • Disinterested versus Uninterested
  • Disorganized versus Unorganized
  • Disperse versus Disburse
  • Dissatisfied versus Unsatisfied
  • DNA versus RNS
  • Do versus Due
  • Doughnut versus Donut
  • Drank versus Drunk
  • Draught versus Draft
  • Dreamed versus Dreamt
  • Drier versus Dryer
  • Drop off versus Drop-off
  • Duplicate versus Replicate
  • Dwarfs versus Dwarves
  • Dying versus Dieing
  • Eatable versus Edible
  • Effective versus Efficient
  • Efficacy versus Efficiency
  • Efficiency versus Effectiveness
  • Either versus Neither
  • Elder versus Older
  • Elegy versus Eulogy
  • Elfs versus Elves
  • Elicit versus Illicit
  • E-mail versus Email
  • Embed versus Imbed
  • Emigrate versus Immigrate
  • Eminent versus Imminent
  • Emoji versus Emoticon
  • Empathy versus Sympathy
  • Emphasise versus Emphasize
  • En route versus In route
  • Encase versus Incase
  • Enclosed versus Inclosed
  • Endeavors versus Endeavours
  • Endemic versus Epidemic
  • Endorsement versus Indorsement
  • Engrained versus Ingrained
  • Enrolment versus Enrollment
  • Ensure versus Insure versus Assure
  • Entitled versus Titled
  • Envelop versus Envelope
  • Envision versus Invision
  • Equal versus Equitable
  • Ethics versus Morals
  • Everyday vs Every Day
  • Everyone or Every One
  • Evoke versus Invoke
  • Excretion versus Secretion
  • Expiry versus Expiration
  • Expresso versus Espresso
  • Extortion versus Blackmail
  • Fair versus Fare
  • Favorite versus Favourite
  • Feed versus Fed
  • Fewer versus Less
  • Fiancé versus Fiancée
  • Fiber versus Fibre
  • Fillet versus Filet
  • Firsthand versus First-hand
  • Fit versus Fitted
  • Flair versus Flare
  • Flammable versus Inflammable
  • Flesh out versus Flush out
  • Flier versus Flyer
  • Founder versus Flounder
  • Flutist versus Flautist
  • Flys versus Flies
  • Followup versus Follow-up
  • Follow-up versus Follow up
  • Foolproof versus Fullproof
  • Forgo versus Forego
  • Former versus Latter
  • Formulas versus Formulae
  • Forth versus Fourth
  • Foul versus Fowl
  • Fulfil versus Fulfill
  • Further versus Farther
  • Glamor versus Glamour
  • Got versus Gotten
  • Grill versus Grille
  • Gross versus Net
  • Guarantee versus Guaranty
  • Gluing versus Glueing
  • Grey versus Gray
  • Hale versus Hail
  • Half-Mast versus Half-Staff
  • Hands-on versus Hands on
  • Hanged versus Hung
  • Hanger versus Hangar
  • Harbor versus Harbour
  • Hare versus Rabbit
  • Healthcare versus Health Care
  • Heard versus Herd
  • Hearty versus Hardy
  • Heel versus Heal
  • Height versus Heighth
  • Here versus Hear
  • Hers versus Her’s
  • Heyday versus Hayday
  • Hillbilly versus Redneck
  • Himself versus Him self
  • Himself versus Hisself
  • Historic versus Historical
  • Hoard versus Horde
  • Holistic versus Wholistic
  • Homogenous versus Homogeneous
  • Hoofs versus Hooves
  • Hopping versus Hoping
  • Humor versus Humour
  • Hurray versus Hooray
  • Hypo versus Hyper
  • Ignorant versus Stupid
  • In Regard To versus In Regards To
  • Illegal versus Illicit
  • Illegible versus Unreadable
  • Illusion versus Delusion
  • Imaginative versus Imaginary
  • Immanent versus Imminent
  • Implicit versus Explicit
  • Imply versus Infer
  • Impostor versus Imposter
  • In Process versus In Progress
  • Inalienable versus Unalienable
  • Incase versus In Case
  • Incident versus Incidence
  • Indexes versus Indices
  • Induce versus Deduce
  • Inquiry versus Enquiry
  • Instill versus Instil
  • Instillation versus Installation
  • Inter versus Intra
  • Into versus In to
  • Invaluable versus Valuable
  • Its versus It’s
  • Jail versus Gaol
  • Jealousy versus Envy
  • Jewelry versus Jewellery
  • Jibe versus Jive
  • Judgment versus Judgement
  • Jury-rigged versus Jerry-rigged
  • Kickoff versus Kick Off
  • Knight versus Night
  • Knitted versus Knit
  • Ladder versus Latter
  • Laid out versus Layed out
  • Lasagna versus Lasagne
  • Latitude versus Longitude
  • Layout versus Lay out
  • Lead versus Lede
  • Leant versus Leaned
  • Leery versus Leary
  • Led versus Lead
  • Leftover versus Left over
  • Lens versus Lense
  • Lent versus Lended
  • Lessee versus Lessor
  • Lie versus Lye
  • Lifes versus Lives
  • Lifetime versus Life time
  • Likable versus Likeable
  • Linchpin versus Lynchpin
  • Literally versus Figuratively
  • Loathe versus Loath
  • Log in versus Log on
  • Lose versus Loose versus Loosen
  • Lovable versus Loveable
  • Make Do versus Make Due
  • Makeup versus Make up
  • Material versus Materiel
  • Macro versus Micro
  • Master versus Mister
  • Math versus Maths
  • May versus Might
  • MD versus DO
  • Me versus Mine
  • Me versus Myself
  • Metal versus Medal
  • Miniscule versus Minuscule
  • Mischievous versus Mischievious
  • Miss versus Mrs.
  • Mistrust versus Distrust
  • Modeling versus Modelling
  • Mom versus Mum
  • Monies versus Moneys
  • Monologue versus Soliloquy
  • Movable versus Moveable
  • Ms. versus Mrs
  • Mute versus Moot
  • Naught versus Nought
  • Neigbors versus Neighbors
  • Nerve-Racking versus Nerve-Wracking
  • Nevermind versus Never Mind
  • Ninety versus Ninty
  • No Later Than versus No Later Then
  • Not Surprisingly versus Not Surprising
  • Obliged versus Obligated
  • Offence versus Offense
  • Oftentimes versus Often times
  • Old-Fashioned versus Old-Fashioned
  • Omelet versus Omelette
  • Onboard versus On Board
  • Oneself versus One’s Self
  • Online versus On-Line
  • Onto versus On to
  • Ordnance versus Ordinance
  • Organization versus Organisation
  • Oriented versus Orientated
  • Orthopedic versus Orthopaedic
  • Overnight versus Over Night
  • Over Time versus Overtime
  • Pajamas versus Pyjamas
  • Passed versus Past
  • Passersby versus Passerbys
  • Patience versus Patients
  • Payed versus Paid
  • Peak versus Peek versus Pique
  • Peal versus Peel
  • Personal versus Personnel
  • Phenomenon versus Phenomena
  • Piece of Mind versus Peace of Mind
  • Pickup versus Pick Up
  • Plain versus Plane
  • Plow versus Plough
  • Polygamy versus Polygyny
  • Port versus Starboard
  • Potatoes versus Potatos
  • Pray versus Prey
  • Precede versus Proceed
  • Precedence versus Precedent
  • Premier versus Premiere
  • Presume versus Assume
  • Pretense versus Pretence
  • Preventive versus Preventative
  • Prior versus Previous
  • Principal versus Principle
  • Prone versus Supine
  • Proof versus Prove
  • Protagonist versus Antagonist
  • Proved versus Proven
  • Psychology versus Psychiatry
  • Psychopath versus Sociopath
  • Purposefully versus Purposely
  • Race versus Ethnicity
  • Rational versus Rationale
  • Read versus Read
  • Recognise versus Recognize
  • Regimen versus Regiment
  • Remuneration versus Renumeration
  • Renounce versus Denounce
  • Repression versus Suppression
  • Resilience versus Resiliency
  • Rite versus Right
  • Road versus Rode
  • Role Call versus Roll Call
  • Roll Out versus Rollout
  • Roofs versus Rooves
  • Saviour versus Savior
  • Scared versus Scarred
  • Scissor versus Scissors
  • Seam versus Seem
  • Segway versus Segue
  • Sensuous versus Sensual
  • Setup versus Set up
  • Shelf versus Shelve
  • Shoo-in versus Shoe-in
  • Shudder versus Shutter
  • Sightseeing versus Site Seeing
  • Sign up versus Sign-up
  • Sizable versus Sizeable
  • Skeleton versus Luge
  • Skillset versus Skill Set
  • Smartphone versus Smart phone
  • Smooth versus Smoothe
  • Sneaked versus Snuck
  • Someone versus Somebody
  • Something versus Some Thing
  • Sometimes versus Some Times
  • Sore versus Soar
  • Spatter versus Splatter
  • Specialty versus Speciality
  • Spectre versus Specter
  • Spelling of Pillow
  • Spelt versus Spelled
  • Spoiled versus Spoilt
  • Spread versus Spreaded
  • Stayed versus Staid
  • Standalone versus Stand alone
  • Stank versus Stunk
  • State of the Art versus State-of-the-Art
  • Stationary versus Stationery
  • Steer Clear versus Stear Clear
  • Stent versus Stint
  • Summery versus Summary
  • Supersede versus Supercede
  • Suppose versus Supposed
  • Strove versus Strived
  • Supper versus Dinner
  • Supposedly versus Supposably
  • Sweeped versus Swept
  • Systemic versus Systematic
  • Talk to versus Talk with
  • Tee shirt versus T-Shirt
  • Tenants versus Tenets
  • Theatre versus Theater
  • Themselves versus Theirselves
  • Then versus Than
  • There versus Their versus They’re
  • Therefor versus Therefore
  • They versus Them
  • Threw versus Through
  • Thru versus Through
  • Tomatos versus Tomatoes
  • To versus Too versus Two
  • To Long versus Too Long
  • Too Hard versus To Hard
  • Too Much versus To Much
  • Too Much to Bear versus Too Much to Bare
  • Touch Base versus Touch Bases
  • Tire versus Tyre
  • Tough versus Tuff
  • Trainer versus Trainor
  • Travelling versus Traveling
  • Trawling versus Trolling
  • Truely versus Truly
  • Trust versus Mistrust
  • Underway versus Under way
  • Until versus Till
  • Up to Date versus Up-to-Date
  • Upmost versus Utmost
  • Valentines Day versus Valentine’s Day
  • Venomous versus Poisonous
  • Voicemail versus Voice mail
  • Wack versus Whack
  • Waive versus Waver
  • Ware versus Wear
  • Was versus Were
  • We versus Us
  • Webpage versus Website
  • Website versus Web Site
  • Wellbeing versus Well-being
  • Where versus Were versus Wear
  • Whether versus Weather
  • Which versus That
  • While versus Whilst
  • Whiney versus Whiny
  • Who versus Whom
  • Widow versus Widower
  • Will versus Would
  • With Regard to versus With Regards to
  • Woe is Me versus Who is Me
  • Workout versus Work out
  • Work in Progress versus Work in Process
  • Worse versus Worst
  • Yay versus Nay
  • Your versus You’re
  • Youth versus Youths
  • Bail versus Bale
  • Breakdown versus Break Down
  • Borne versus Born
  • Photoshoot versus Photo Shoot
  • Armor versus Armour
  • Cannot versus Can not
  • Run Amok versus Run Amuck
  • Objective versus Subjective
  • Lets versus Let’s
  • New versus Knew
  • Root versus Route
  • Sank versus Sunk
  • Separate versus Seperate
  • Serigraph versus Lithograph
  • Sulfur versus Sulphur
  • Story versus Storey
  • Mucus versus Mucous
  • Nowadays versus Now a Days
  • Calfs versus Calves
  • Toward versus Towards
  • Is versus Are
  • Used to versus Use to
  • Quite versus Quiet
  • Mantel versus Mantle
  • Licence versus License
  • Leapt versus Leaped
  • Learned versus Learnt
  • Honor versus Honour
  • Foreword versus Forward
  • Tide versus Tied
  • Lier versus Liar
  • Council versus Counsel
  • Clip versus Magazine
  • Carmel versus Caramel
  • Prognosis versus Diagnosis
  • Benefited versus Benefitted
  • Mold versus Mould
  • Faze versus Phase
  • Suit versus Suite
  • Defuse versus Diffuse
  • Amoral versus Immoral
  • Home in versus Hone in
  • Already versus All ready
  • Compare to versus Compare with
  • Proscribe versus Prescribe
  • Rime versus Rhyme
  • Maybe versus May Be
  • Moral versus Morale
  • Sole versus Soul
  • Steal versus Steel
  • Stalactite versus Stalagmite
  • Lite versus Light
  • Loan versus Lend
  • Liquor versus Liqueur
  • Not-for-profit versus Nonprofit
  • Moslem versus Muslim
  • Course versus Coarse
  • Baptised versus Baptized
  • Practice versus Practise
  • Are versus Our
  • Much versus Many
  • Gases versus Gasses
  • Artefact versus Artifact
  • Grammar versus Grammer
  • Nobody versus No One
  • Reel versus Real
  • Smokey versus Smoky
  • Labeled versus Labelled
  • Totaled versus Totalled
  • Lath versus Lathe
  • Fish versus Fishes
  • Strait versus Straight
  • Scarfs versus Scarves
  • Coma versus Comma
  • Yogurt versus Yoghurt
  • Yoke versus Yolk
  • Waste versus Waist
  • Per cent versus Percent
  • Octopuses versus Octopi
  • Sherbet versus Sherbert
  • Cue versus Queue
  • Maize versus Maze
  • Vain versus Vein
  • Recur versus Reoccur
  • Empathic versus Empathetic
  • In Spite versus Despite
  • Labor versus Labour
  • Shined versus Shone
  • Spilled versus Spilt
  • Yea versus Yeah
  • Ton versus Tonne
  • Til versus Till
  • Alone versus Lonely
  • Presents versus Presence
  • Someday versus Some Day
  • Dependent versus Dependant
  • Weary versus Wary
  • Color versus Colour
  • Verbage versus Verbiage
  • Reckless versus Wreckless
  • Regime versus Regimen
  • Wonder versus Wander
  • Person versus People
  • Mustache versus Moustache
  • Role versus Roll
  • Persons versus People
  • Concave versus Convex
  • Allusion versus Illusion
  • Pleaded versus Pled
  • Prospective versus Perspective
  • Program versus Programme
  • Lighted versus Lit
  • Racket versus Racquet
  • Dragged versus Drug
  • Ax versus Axe
  • Gist versus Jist
  • Dual versus Duel
  • Dived versus Dove
  • Favor versus Favour
  • Forty versus Fourty
  • Sang versus Sung
  • Login versus Log in
  • Inequity versus Inequality
  • Noone versus No one
  • Translucent versus Transparent
  • Subconscious versus Unconscious
  • Apologise versus Apologize
  • Burnt versus Burned
  • Cheque versus Check
  • Free rein versus Free reign
  • Began versus Begun
  • Year Old versus Year-Old
  • Pass time versus Pastime
  • Is Is a Verb?
  • Angel versus Angle
  • Bear with me versus Bare with me
  • Deep-Seated versus Deep-Seeded
  • Criteria versus Criterion
  • Greatful versus Grateful
  • Breath versus Breathe
  • Nauseous versus Nauseated
  • Slander versus Libel
  • Bear versus Bare
  • Loss versus Lost
  • Lightning versus Lightening
  • Opossum versus Possum
  • Defence versus Defense
  • Brought versus Bought
  • Aid versus Aide
  • Has versus Have
  • How to Quote a Quote
  • Freshman versus Freshmen
  • Seen versus Saw
  • Smelled or Smelt
  • Sometime versus Some Time
  • I versus Me
  • Everything versus Every thing
  • Whose versus Who’s
  • Funner versus More Fun
  • Anymore versus Any more
  • Whoa versus Woah
  • Catsup versus Ketchup
  • Y’all versus Ya’ll
  • Gage versus Gauge
  • Whisky versus Whiskey
  • How You Can Teach English in China
  • Zee versus Zed
  • Zombi versus Zombie

Writing Topics

  • Confusing Words
  • Starting a Blog
  • MLA Writing Style
  • APA Writing Style
  • Grammar Terms
  • Common English Abbreviations
  • Idioms and Phrases
  • English Spelling Dictionary

Recent Posts

  • Bear With Me or Bare With Me
  • Imply vs. Infer: What’s the Difference?
  • Wellbeing or Well-Being – Which is Correct?
  • Began vs. Begun: What’s the Difference?
  • Glamor or Glamour – What’s the Difference?
Copyright © 2025 Writing Explained - All Rights Reserved
Home | About | Resources | Scholarships | Advertise | Privacy | Contact
  • Home
  • Confusing Words
  • How to Create a Blog
  • Style Guides
    • AP Style
    • Chicago Style
    • MLA Style
    • APA Style
  • Dictionary
    • Abbreviations
    • Grammar Terms
    • Literary Terms
    • Idioms
    • Spelling Dictionary
  • Literature