Things people confuse

small orange fruit, has seeds

small orange fruit, no seeds

intellectual: doesn't know

intellectual: poor at processing

status/personal quality: ability to repeat things you have heard, seen or read up to a degree (literally getting a degree at the end)

status/personal quality: ability to learn things quickly and, usually, well

a massive apelike creature from the Himalayan region, usually white fur

a massive apelike creature from North America, usually brown or dark fur

quality of personality: preferring to invest time and effort in solitude (or small groups) and personal interests, preferring to observe and reflect on things before joining in, overstimulated in large groups, you are generally born this way

quality of personality: fearing what other people think, being laughed at, humiliation, rejection, criticism and other negative reactions, feeling lack of comfort among unknown people or in new situations and up to social phobia, often stemming of low self-esteem, you generally learn to be shy (e.g. via poor parenting such as very strict, judgmental, patronizing, humiliating etc. or bad life experiences in early life)

an elongated starchy fruit that tastes quite neutral and is generally cooked before eating (common name)

an elongated starchy fruit that tastes sweet and does not need to be cooked (common name)

a preserve of whole fruit, chopped, crushed and cooked/boiled with sugar (US)

a preserve of fruit juice boiled with sugar (US)

politics: common ownership of varying parts of the society ruled via the state, state ruled production for use rather than production for profit, sharing/redistributing varying amounts of private wealth in the name of common welfare, "taking care of the weak ones"

politics: common ownership of the means of production in a, ideally egalitarian, society with no social classes, money or the state, (actually only nominally carried out as one party tyranny or state capitalism)