Plain vs Plane

Plain vs Plane


Plain – is an adjective and is defined as easy to see or understand.

a. She made her annoyance plain.
b. The facts were plain to see.

Not trying to trick anyone; honest and direct.

a. The plain fact is that nobody really knows.
b. He is the only politician with a reputation for plain speaking.

Not decorated or complicated.

a. She prefers to have plain yogurt over flavoured yogurt.
b. She was dressed in plain and simple elegant dress.

Without marks or a patter on it.

a. The teacher instructed the students to write an apology letter on a plain paper.
b. She asked the shopkeeper to show her some plain bed - sheets with no design or pattern on it.

Plane – is a noun and is defined as a flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines.

a. There was a plane crash near France.
b. She flew to Berlin by plane.

Any flat or level surface, or an imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects.

a. The planets orbit the sun in roughly the same plane.
b. She drew the painting on a horizontal plane.

Completely level or flat.

a. A plane surface
b. Plane and solid geometry.

Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the right word.

1. She was very small when her parents died in a ____________ crash.

a. Plain
b. Plane
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ANSWER: Plane



2. She made ____________ and basic interiors in her room.

a. Plain
b. Plane
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ANSWER: Plain



3. At birth it is more horizontal and situated in almost the same ____________ as the base of the skull.

a. Plain
b. Plane
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ANSWER: Plane



4. This is a ridiculous and just ____________ nasty accusation.

a. Plain
b. Plane
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ANSWER: Plain



5. It is located on a _____________anterior to the other carpal bones and is spheroidal in form.

a. Plain
b. Plane
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ANSWER: Plane


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