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    Term Meanin G Spelling Pronunciati ON: Homo-Nyms, Graphs, Phones Hetero-Nyms, Graphs

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    Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. The document provides examples of common homographs in English and groups them according to their different meanings, such as "arms" meaning weapons or part of the body. It also notes that some homographs have the same spelling and meaning but different pronunciations, like "bass" meaning a fish or a low musical sound. The list of homograph examples illustrates the many words in English that can have multiple distinct meanings depending on the context, making the language difficult to learn.

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    Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. The document provides examples of common homographs in English and groups them according to their different meanings, such as "arms" meaning weapons or part of the body. It also notes that some homographs have the same spelling and meaning but different pronunciations, like "bass" meaning a fish or a low musical sound. The list of homograph examples illustrates the many words in English that can have multiple distinct meanings depending on the context, making the language difficult to learn.

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    Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. The document provides examples of common homographs in English and groups them according to their different meanings, such as "arms" meaning weapons or part of the body. It also notes that some homographs have the same spelling and meaning but different pronunciations, like "bass" meaning a fish or a low musical sound. The list of homograph examples illustrates the many words in English that can have multiple distinct meanings depending on the context, making the language difficult to learn.

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    Term Meanin G Spelling Pronunciati ON: Homo-Nyms, Graphs, Phones Hetero-Nyms, Graphs

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    Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. The document provides examples of common homographs in English and groups them according to their different meanings, such as "arms" meaning weapons or part of the body. It also notes that some homographs have the same spelling and meaning but different pronunciations, like "bass" meaning a fish or a low musical sound. The list of homograph examples illustrates the many words in English that can have multiple distinct meanings depending on the context, making the language difficult to learn.

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    HOMO-NYMS, GRAPHS, PHONES

    HETERO-NYMS, GRAPHS

    MEANIN PRONUNCIATI
    TERM SPELLING
    G ON
    Homonym
    different same same
    same name
    Homograph

    same different same same or different

    writing
    Homophone
    same or
    different same
    different
    same sound
    Heteronym
    different same different
    different name
    Heterograph

    different different different same

    writing
    200-common-english-homophones
    Word 1: Word 2: Word 1: Word 2: Word 1: Word 2: Word 1: Word 2:

    ad add faint feint made maid sacks sax


    ail ale fate fete mail male sail sale
    air heir feat feet main mane sane Seine
    aisle I’ll fiancé fiancée mat matte sauce source
    allowed aloud fill Phil meat meet saw sore
    aren’t aunt fined find meter metre scene seen
    ate eight fir fur mind mined scent sent
    ball bawl flair flare missed mist sea see
    bard barred flaw floor moose mousse seam seem
    bare bear flea flee morn mourn sew so
    base bass flew flu morning mourning shake sheik
    be bee flour flower muscle mussel side sighed
    beach beech for four naval navel sighs size
    bean been forth fourth none nun sight site
    beat beet foul fowl oar or sky Skye
    beer bier genes jeans one won sole soul
    berry bury grate great packed pact some sum
    berth birth groan grown pail pale son sun
    bite byte gym Jim pair pear stair stare
    blew blue hair hare patience patients suite sweet
    boar bore hale heil peace piece tail tale
    board bored hart heart peak peek talk torque
    bold bowled heal heel pedal peddle taught taut
    bolder boulder hear here peer pier tea tee
    bough bow heard herd pi pie team teem
    brake break he’d heed place plaice their there
    buy bye hi high plain plane threw through
    canvas canvass higher hire pleas please thyme time
    carat carrot him hymn plum plumb tide tied
    cell sell hole whole pole poll told tolled
    cent sent holy wholly poor pour too two
    cereal serial hour our practice practise use yews
    cheap cheep in inn pray prey vain vane
    check cheque it’s its pride pried vale veil
    chord cord key quay profit prophet wade weighed
    coarse course knead need pseud sued wail whale
    council counsel knew new rain reign wait weight
    cue queue knight night raise rays ware wear
    dam damn knit nit rap wrap warn worn
    dear deer knot not raw roar watt what
    desert dessert know no read red weak week
    die dye knows nose read reed weather whether
    doe dough lain lane retch wretch we’ll wheel
    does doze lays laze right write wet whet
    draft draught lead led road rode while wile
    duel jewel leak leek roam Rome wine whine
    dune June leased least root route wood would
    earn urn lieu loo rose rows yoke yolk
    ewe you light lite rote wrote you’ll Yule
    eye I loan lone rough ruff your you’re

    Adapted from the article ‘Why English is so hard to learn’ by Marlene Davis
    Homographs are words that are spelled the same, and in most instances, sound the
    same, but which have different meanings. Below is a list of common homographs.

    arms (weapons) arms (part of body)


    ball (sphere) ball (dance)
    band (music makers) band (strap)
    bass (low musical sound) bass (fish) *
    bear (animal) bear (carry)
    bluff (steep embankment) bluff (fool)
    boil (bubble) boil (skin sore)
    bow (bend) bow (part of ship)
    bow (weapon) *
    box (container) box (hit)
    box (shrub)
    brush (tool) brush (undergrowth)
    can (container) can (able)
    case (container) case (condition)
    colon (part of body) colon (punctuation mark)
    count (royalty) count (number)
    date (fruit); date (on calendar) date (companion)
    down (feathers) down (direction)
    down (grassland)
    duck (bird) duck (avoid)
    duck (cloth)
    fan (admirer) fan (cooling device)
    fast (quick) fast (starve)
    fine (good quality) fine (payment for wrongdoing)
    firm (hard) firm (company)
    fly (insect) fly (move through air)
    fly (flap of cloth covering pant zipper)
    fresh (new) fresh (bold)
    gum (chewing treat) gum (mouth part)
    hold (grasp) hold (part of ship)
    jam (preserved fruit) jam (squeeze)
    jam (impromptu music)
    lap (part of body) lap (course)
    lap (drink)
    lean (slant) lean (thin)
    left (direction) left (went)
    lie (untruth) lie (recline)

    Adapted from the article ‘Why English is so hard to learn’ by Marlene Davis
    loaf (lounge) loaf (bread)
    lumber (wood) lumber (walk slowly)
    mole (skin spot) mole (animal)
    page (call) page (of paper)
    page (youth)
    pen (for writing) pen (enclosure)
    pitcher (container) pitcher (in baseball)
    pop (sound) pop (popular)
    pop (father) pop (soda)
    pound (weight) pound (kennel)
    pound (hit)
    prune (fruit) prune (cut)
    pupil (part of eye) pupil (student)
    racket (for tennis) racket (scheme)
    racket (noise)
    ring (circle) ring (sound of bell)
    row (in a line) row (with oars)
    row (fight)*
    sock (hit) sock (stocking)
    tap (hit lightly) tap (faucet)
    swallow (bird) swallow (gulp)
    well (good) well (for water)
    nail (body part) nail (hit with a hammer)
    *Note that these homographs are pronounced differently.

    Adapted from the article ‘Why English is so hard to learn’ by Marlene Davis
    Adapted from the article ‘Why English is so hard to learn’ by Marlene Davis
    Adapted from the article ‘Why English is so hard to learn’ by Marlene Davis

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