Homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word but differs in meaning. Homonyms can refer to both homophones and homographs.
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning and is spelled differently.
Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning.
Homonym– Example- see -sea
Homograph -Example- band- band
Study the meaning and spelling of the words
advice | guidance | advise | recommend |
ale
|
alcoholic drink | ail | sick |
alms | charity | arms |
part of the body
|
alter |
change |
altar |
sacred place of worship
|
assent
|
agree | ascent |
to climb
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band | a group | banned | prevented,
prohibited |
bear | animal,
to carry a weight to tolerate |
bare | naked,
empty expose |
bail
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freedom against secrecy , to bring out
|
bale | a heap or a bundle, eg. cotton |
birth | give life to | berth | sleeping place |
bridal | pertaining to a bride | bridle | control |
blue | colour | blew |
to use pressure ,air
|
break |
destroy | brake | to put a stop to |
bred | brought up | bread | food |
canvass
|
to ask for to propagate, | canvas | a board for painting , material |
cease | stop | seize |
to catch with force
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course | path, a sphere of study | coarse | rough |
coat | item of clothing put on ,
to cover |
court | an institution for justice,
to run after
|
council | a group of persons | counsel | give advice |
desert | arid land no water, to leave | dessert |
fruit taken after a meal
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die | come to an end | dye | to colour |
dissent | disagree | descent |
climb down
|
dual |
two , double |
duel |
fight between two
|
flour | fine powder | floor | ground |
foul | bad | fowl | bird |
fair | honest, just,
light coloured, a place where all goods are sold |
fare | cost of a ticket,
food
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great
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big | grate | grate flour to fine powder , grate vegetables |
hail | greet | hale | strong wind and rain |
hole | opening | whole | full |
hoard | to collect | horde | large crowd |
lessen | decrease | lesson | something to study |
loan | lend, borrow | lone | single |
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post | male | masculine |
main | most imp | mien | thick hair |
maize | corn | maze | confused, puzzle made of confusing paths |
metal | object | mettle |
integrity ,strength
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might | possible | mite | a small amount |
night
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part of day , dark | knight | an important person |
ore | metal | oar | pole to row a boat |
pair | two | pear | fruit, pare |
pale | lack of colour | pail | a bucket |
peace | calm | piece | small amount
portion |
peak | topmost point | peek | a small glance |
plain | simple | plane | vehicle of transport,
a flat surface
|
plays | dramas/games | place |
a location
|
pole | a post | poll | survey |
pour | to distribute | pore | an opening in the body
to look with concentration
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pray | a petition | prey |
to depend on parasite
|
principal | main person, main amount | principle |
rule
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prize
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reward/ award | price | cost |
rain | down pour | reign | rule |
rein | control , a strap for controlling a horse | ||
raise | to heighten | race |
a run , a community
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raze | to destroy | ||
rite | a custom | write | to note |
right | correct | right | direction |
role | a part | roll | a list, to move around
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sale | to buy or sell | sail |
to move forward
|
sell | to make a deal | cell |
a part of the body, a small room in a prison
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sight | view | site | a place |
cite | to quote | ||
sole |
single | soul |
atman : inner part, that which resides within
|
sore | angry | soar |
fly high
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sour | bitter | ||
stationery | books, papers etc | stationary |
still , no movement
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steal
|
rob | steel | metal |
story | a tale | storey |
part of a building
|
straight-
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in one direction | strait | narrow |
tale | story | tail | to follow, an appendage at the back of the body |
tied | to bind | tide | to get over, a part of water |
veil | covering | vale | a place , a valley |
wail | to cry | ||
vine | grape creeper | wine | a drink |
whine | to complain | ||
vile | wicked | while | during |
wait | to expect something to happen | weight |
measure
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waste | unwanted, unnecessary, useless | waist |
part of the body
|
wave | ripple on the sea
surge in activity moving the hand |
waive | to give up something
to refrain from
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weak | not strong | week | days |
whole | full or complete | hole | an opening |
yoke | to tie | yolk | Inner part of egg |
Make sentences with the words .
Bring out your creativity..
This is a tale of a cat without a tail.
Don’t whine for wine.
I want to see the sea.
You can sell the cell.
The robber wanted to steal the steel box.
It’s not right to follow rites in a blind fashion.
He was the lone individual to take a loan.