Canvas vs Canvass
Canvas – is a noun which means strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting.
a. University architects use it as a canvas on which to explore design.
b. He spotted the canvas and smiled, shaking his head in disbelief.
Canvas can also be used as a verb meaning cover with canvas.a. He reinvented handbags with coated canvas and logos.
b. The studio originally had a canvas roof and was later replaced.
Canvass – Canvass is a verb and means solicit votes from electors or members.
a. The tone of the canvass was one of usual bitterness.
b. Canvass even if you have recently been added to the register.
Propose an idea or plan for discussion.a. After a heated canvass, in which he made a series of brilliant speeches.
b. They canvass of all properties in the district.
An act of canvassinga. She did not do much of canvassing here.
b. There will be no use in canvassing it.
Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with right words1. It appeared presently that the matter they were all_____________ so devoutly was the question of where she should sit.
a. Canvas
b. Canvass
c. Canvassing
View Answer / Hide Answer2. He propped the_____________ on the sofa and stood across from it with his blood cocktail.
a. Canvas
b. Canvass
c. Canvassing
View Answer / Hide Answer3. The brothers should_____________ about the households to take place.
a. Canvas
b. Canvassing
c. Canvass
View Answer / Hide Answer4. Each_____________ represented a long, morose gestation spent in solitary thought.
a. Canvass
b. Canvas
View Answer / Hide Answer5. In the shape of a_____________ candidate, it was hardly honourable to let imagination dwell on him.
a. Canvass
b. Canvassing
c. Canvas
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