Except
Except verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Usage example: we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election
Exclude
Exclude verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Usage example: the revelation that the candidate had once belonged to a country club that excluded minorities
Except is a synonym for exclude in eliminate topic. You can use "Except" instead a verb "Exclude", if it concerns topics such as expel, omit, include. formal substitute
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Common collocations
| characters | except characters | exclude characters |
| anyone | except anyone | exclude anyone |
| son | except son | exclude son |
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