Meritorious vs maritorious

Meritorious and maritorious are two words that are sometimes confused, but mean very different things. We will examine the definitions of meritorious and maritorious, where these words came from and some examples of their use in sentences.Meritorious means deserving of praise, deserving a reward. In American English, meritorious may be used as a legal term […]
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