Bazaar vs. Bizarre

Posted by Administrator on July 2, 2009 in The Word |
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It surprises me how often even experienced writers confuse these words.

Bazaar is a noun meaning “a group of small shops: MARKETPLACE” or “a fair for the sale of articles usu. for charity.”

He went to the town’s Christmas bazaar to buy a gift for his wife.

Bizarre is an adjective meaning “odd, eccentric, fantastic.”

The gift he chose was quite bizarre; his wife wasn’t sure if she should hang it on the wall or feed it to the cat.

And putting it all together:

His wife was not entirely pleased with the bizarre gift he’d bought for her at the town’s Christmas bazaar.

(Definitions from The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.)

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