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Homonyms and Homophones

By Saraswathi Tenneti in Resources, Vocabulary on November 2, 2020.

HOMONYMS AND HOMOPHONES

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
band	a group	banned	prevented, prohibited
bear	animal, to carry a weight to tolerate	bare	naked, empty expose
bail	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
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
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
great	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
mail	post	male	masculine
main	most imp	mien	thick hair
maize	corn	maze	confused, puzzle made of confusing paths
metal	object	mettle	integrity ,strength
might	possible	mite	a small amount
night	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
pray	a petition	prey	to depend on parasite
principal	main person, main amount	principle	rule
prize	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
		raze	to destroy
rite	a custom	write	to note
right	correct	right	direction
role	a part	roll	a list, to move around
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
sight	view	site	a place
		cite	to quote
sole	single	soul	atman : inner part, that which resides within
sore	angry	soar	fly high
		sour	bitter
stationery	books, papers etc	stationary	still , no movement
steal	rob	steel	metal
story	a tale	storey	part of a building
straight-	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
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
weak	not strong	week	days
whole	full or complete	hole	an opening
yoke	to tie	yolk	Inner part of egg