Homophones: Homophones Are Words That Have Different Meaning and Spelling, But The Same

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Homophones

Homophones are words that have different meaning and spelling, but the same
pronunciation.
They usually are difficult words for students of English and English speakers as well

aisle, isle
ate, eight
bare, bear
be, bee
blew, blue
brake, break
buy, by
cell, sell
cent, sent, scent
chord, cord
dear, deer
die, dye
fair, fare
flea, flee
flour, flower
guest, guessed
heal, heel
hear, here
hole, whole
hour, our

Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different
meanings
 Address - to speak to / location 
 Air - oxygen / a lilting tune 
 Arm - body part / division of a company 
 Band - a musical group / a ring 
 Bark - a tree's out layer / the sound a dog makes 
 Bat - an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal 
 Bright - very smart or intelligent / filled with light 
 Circular - taking the form of a circle / a store advertisement 
 Current - up to date / flow of water 
 Die - to cease living / a cube marked with numbers one through six 
 Express - something done fast / to show your thoughts by using words 
 Fair - equitable / beautiful 
 Jag - a sharp, jutted object / a crying spree 
 Kind - type / caring 
 Lie - to recline / to tell a falsehood 
 Match - to pair like items / a stick for making a flame 
 Mean - average / not nice

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