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http://grammarist.com/usage/waiver-waver/
..Waiver is a noun with several meanings, including (1) intentional relinquishment of a right or privilege, (2) a dispensation, and (3) a deferment. In most cases, the one who relinquishes a right or privilege gives the waiver, while the one who benefits from the relinquishment receives the waiver. Waver is a verb meaning (1) to move unsteadily back and forth, (2) to vacillate, or (3) to tremble in sound.
Related distinctions apply to the verbs waive and wave.
Examples
These writers use waiver well:
Oak Hills Local School District officials will apply for a two-year waiver to the all-day kindergarten mandate. [Cincinnati.com]
According to FCC rules, people who can’t get FOX can get a special waiver to receive a FOX feed from another affiliate . . . [KEPRtv.com]
And these writers use waver well:
In written responses to questions from the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, Hu showed no indication that China intended to waver from that path. [LA Times]
Much of our fresh resolve is already beginning to waver. [Financial Times]
The most common confusion involving these words involves the misuse of waver in place of waiver—for example:
In order to make that eligibility cut, Brewer will need a waver from the federal government [Daily Miner]
The opposite error happens rarely, but we found one example:
McLeod said the NFL’s support had never waivered . . . [Northcote Leader]
..Waiver is a noun with several meanings, including (1) intentional relinquishment of a right or privilege, (2) a dispensation, and (3) a deferment. In most cases, the one who relinquishes a right or privilege gives the waiver, while the one who benefits from the relinquishment receives the waiver. Waver is a verb meaning (1) to move unsteadily back and forth, (2) to vacillate, or (3) to tremble in sound.
Related distinctions apply to the verbs waive and wave.
Examples
These writers use waiver well:
Oak Hills Local School District officials will apply for a two-year waiver to the all-day kindergarten mandate. [Cincinnati.com]
According to FCC rules, people who can’t get FOX can get a special waiver to receive a FOX feed from another affiliate . . . [KEPRtv.com]
And these writers use waver well:
In written responses to questions from the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, Hu showed no indication that China intended to waver from that path. [LA Times]
Much of our fresh resolve is already beginning to waver. [Financial Times]
The most common confusion involving these words involves the misuse of waver in place of waiver—for example:
In order to make that eligibility cut, Brewer will need a waver from the federal government [Daily Miner]
The opposite error happens rarely, but we found one example:
McLeod said the NFL’s support had never waivered . . . [Northcote Leader]
03-20 16:34
刘进平
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http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/improve/commonly-mixed-up-words/waiver-waver
While ‘waiver‘ and ‘waver‘ are homophones (i.e. they are prounounced the same way), their meanings are quite different!
‘Waiver‘ is a noun, and means to surrender or give up voluntarily a particular right or privilege.
For example, this scholarship will take the form of a fee waiver.
‘Waver‘, on the other hand, is a verb and has three different meanings.
1. To become weaker or less certin
E.g. The students’ attention did not waver.
2. To become indecisive
E.g. The party wavered between free trade and protectionism.
3. To quiver (shake with light, rapid movements)
E.g. The candle flame wavered.
While ‘waiver‘ and ‘waver‘ are homophones (i.e. they are prounounced the same way), their meanings are quite different!
‘Waiver‘ is a noun, and means to surrender or give up voluntarily a particular right or privilege.
For example, this scholarship will take the form of a fee waiver.
‘Waver‘, on the other hand, is a verb and has three different meanings.
1. To become weaker or less certin
E.g. The students’ attention did not waver.
2. To become indecisive
E.g. The party wavered between free trade and protectionism.
3. To quiver (shake with light, rapid movements)
E.g. The candle flame wavered.
03-20 16:36
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http://www.beedictionary.com/common-errors/waver_vs_waiver
waver vs waiver : Common Errors in English
Wave bye-bye. Ride the wave. Do the wave. We all know what a wave is, right? The verb “waive,” whose root meaning is “abandon,” is less familiar. When you give up a legal right, you waive it; and the document you sign to do so is called not a “waver” but a “waiver.”
Source: http://www.wsu.edu/
waver Meaning(s)(v) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
(n) the act of pausing uncertainly
(v) be unsure or weak
(n) the act of moving back and forth
(n) someone who communicates by waving
(v) move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
(v) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
(v) move back and forth very rapidly
(v) sway to and fro
(v) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
waiver Meaning(s)(n) a formal written statement of relinquishment
waver vs waiver : Common Errors in English
Wave bye-bye. Ride the wave. Do the wave. We all know what a wave is, right? The verb “waive,” whose root meaning is “abandon,” is less familiar. When you give up a legal right, you waive it; and the document you sign to do so is called not a “waver” but a “waiver.”
Source: http://www.wsu.edu/
waver Meaning(s)(v) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
(n) the act of pausing uncertainly
(v) be unsure or weak
(n) the act of moving back and forth
(n) someone who communicates by waving
(v) move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
(v) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
(v) move back and forth very rapidly
(v) sway to and fro
(v) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
waiver Meaning(s)(n) a formal written statement of relinquishment
03-20 16:36
