Word Stuff

Thanks, fellow writers, for the fun little 10-word stories you posted. Call me easy to entertain, but I enjoy reading things like that.

There's something satisfying about watching the creativity of others come to life. Yanno? It's mentally invigorating.

So let's do another little brain stretch that doesn't have to do with tiny story writing, but rather with words that are easily and often mixed up. Do you know the difference between the following pairs of words? Can you come up with some others to add to the list?

Am I being really anal?

Ahem:

compliment and complement

dual and duel

farther and further

throws and throes

between and among

ensure and insure

???