Some Words Confused Easily

cement (concrete)?-- clement (lenient/mild)
cereal (grain)?-- ethereal (heavenly, spiritual; immaterial, intangible)
career -- careen
candy -- dandy
canard -- canary
callow -- fallow
child -- chide (scold; reprove)
chip -- chirp (short sharp sound especially of a small bird or insect)
cider (apple juice) -- cinder (dross; ashes)
clam -- clamp
classic -- chassis
clench -- clinch
cloak -- croak
clot -- cloy
coffer -- coffin
comely -- homely
couch -- crouch
cough -- cougar
courage -- scourge (n. whip / v. flog, whip; afflict, chastise)

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