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Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones
Most of you may know synonyms and antonyms. Do you know what homonyms are? There are more interesting things in the English language like homographs and homophones too. I am so excited, I can’t wait to tell you about them!
Homonyms refer to words that have the same spelling or those that sound the same, but have different meanings.
Homographs refer to words that have similar spelling but sound different and have different meanings.
Homophones refer to words that sound similar but have different meanings and different spelling.
All homophones and homographs are homonyms.
Homonym - Homographs
Lead
Lead – A metal
Lead – to take charge
Wind
Wind – movement of air
Wind – Twist, coil, to turn around an object
Bow
Bow – of the Bow and Arrow
Bow – bend low as a show of respect
Bow – a knot tied with a ribbon
Back
Back – reverse or rear
Back – Support
Book
Book – document, manuscript
Book - reserve
Reserve
Reserve – Shyness
Reserve – book in advance, as in reservation
Flower
Flower – Part of a tree
Flower – Flourish, bloom
Homonym – Homophones
Pray, Prey
Pray – Prayer
Prey – food
Two, Too
Two – Dual, double, number two
Too – addition, as well, besides
Flour, Flower
Flour – Powdered form of grains
Flower – part of a plant or tree
Buy, Bye
Buy – Purchase
Bye – Say goodbye, adieu
Fare, Fair
Fare – Cost, charge, ticket price
Fair – Beautiful, light tone
Serial, Cereal
Serial – Consecutive, eg: a tele-serial
Cereal – grains
Genes, Jeans
Genes – genetic code, DNA
Jeans – A type of pants
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