Many students are not aware of their mistakes when they use these words. Both have the same pronunciation but different spellings and this has only make them more confusing.
CITE (Transitive verb):
1. Refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for, or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.
Example: Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited.
2. Mention as an example.
Example: Medics have been cited as a key example of a modern breed of technical expert.
3. Praise (someone, typically a member of the armed forces) in an official report for a courageous act
Example: He has been cited many times for his contributions in the intelligence area.
4. summon (someone) to appear in court.
Example: The writ cited only four of the signatories of the petition
SITE (Noun):
1. An area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.
Examples: The proposed site of a government school.
A building site.
2. A website.
Example: The site has no ads and is not being promoted with banners.
As a verb:
It means to fix or build (something). Site; 3rd person present: sites; past tense: sited; past participle: sited; gerund or present participle: siting.
Examples: The rectory is sited behind the church. 175 weapons have been dumped in bins sited at police stations.
