Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones

✏️🖊️Homonyms, Homographs and  Homophones: 

🖊️Homonym: A homonym is one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings. 

Homonyms can be homophones, homographs, or both. ... Homographs are words that are spelled alike but are different in meaning or derivation or pronunciation.

For example:

A simple example of a homonym is the word "pen". This can mean both "a holding area for animals" and "a writing instrument." Another example is book, which can mean "something to read" or "the act of making a reservation." In both cases, the sound and spelling are the same; only the definition changes. Discover a collection of 30 more homonym examples.

Note that some homonyms have more than two meanings (for example, "tender" can also mean sensitive, easily chewed, or even refer to chicken strips), but to keep things simple, the homonyms examples list includes only two for each word.

🖊️Homophone: A word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning or spelling, or both:

For example: write (লেখা), right সঠিক/ডান

🖊️20 Common Homophone Pairs

 used in a sentences are:

1. brake/break: When teaching my daughter how to drive, I told her if she didn't hit the brake in time she would break the car's side mirror.

2. cell/sell: If you sell drugs, you will get arrested and end up in a prison cell.

3. cent/scent: I won't spend one cent on a bottle of perfume until I know that I love the scent.

4. die/dye: If you accidentally drank a bottle of fabric dye, you might die.

5. flour/flower: To bake a flower-shaped cake, you’ll need some flour.

6. for/four: I purchased four new pairs of shoes for my upcoming vacation.

7. heal/heel: If the heel breaks on your shoe, you might fall. However, your injuries will heal over time.

8. hear/here: I wanted to sit here so I could hear the singer performing without any distractions.

9. hour/our: We have one hour before our appointment with the real estate agent.

10. idle/idol: Being idle makes me unhappy, but listening to my idol Taylor Swift makes me happy.

11. knight/night: The knight is on his way to the castle, but traveling at night is very dangerous.

12. knot/not: I do not know how she learned to tie the knot to make that necklace.

13. poor/pour: I pour drinks at a bar every night. I am poor because I have too many bills and not enough money.

14. right/write: There is no right way to write a great novel.

15. sea/see: At my beach house, I love to wake up and see the sea.

16. sole/soul: I need to get a new sole put on my favorite pair of running shoes. Jogging is good for my soul.

17. son/sun: My son is 13 years old. He likes to spend time outside in the sun.

18. steal/steel: Someone who decides to steal a car has committed a crime, but auto parts are made of steel.

19. tail/tale: My cat was crazily chasing his tail while I read a fairy tale to my children.

20. weather/whether: I don’t know whether she will come or not. The weather looks unpredictable today.

Homograph: A homograph (from the Greek: homós, "same" and  gráphō, "write") is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning and of different origin. 

Common examples: 

Bear - To endure ; Bear - Animal.

 Close - Connected ; Close - Lock.

 Lean - Thin ; Lean - Rest against.

 Bow - Bend forward ; Bow - Front of a ship.

 Lead - Metal ; Lead - Start off in front.

 Skip - Jump ; Skip - Miss out.

 Fair - Appearance ; Fair - Reasonable.

Prepared by: Noor E Alam