decent and descent are not similar words. Decent means a person who is considerate, helpful and kind and good. Descent means to lower oneself, to go down into a shaft or a steep hill, or to desecnd.
The first syllable is stressed: DEcent. If you stress the second syllable instead, it sounds like the word "descent" (deSCENT).
She is a very decent person
Descent is correct spelling if you are looking for a word meaning something or someone going downwards."The plane begins its descent along the runway".Decent is the correct spelling if you are looking for a word meaning satisfactory or moral."The meal was very decent".
The lunar lander's descent proceeded ever so slowly as we waited, breathlessly. The smallest slip on these jumbled rocks will accelerate our descent to the canyon floor. It was a decent descent.
The homophone for "descent" is "dissent."
A homonym for descent is "dissent."
Decent means fair/good/okay/'not bad'. Descent means to arrive from, or be derived from.
The word, descent, is spelled just like that. It means a movement downward, to a lower point.The similar word is the adjective decent (fair, moral).
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No, James Darren is not of Greek descent. He is of Italian descent.
You can use the word descent in a sentence by saying "The climbing was simple but the descent was pretty dangerous." Descent is defined as the action of moving downward.
I am from a German descent. His descent by parachute took only about three minutes.