Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs: Vocabulary Building

HOMONYMS
Homonym a word that is spelled like another word (or pronounced like it) but which has a different meaning, for example, Key meaning 'set of answer to problems' and Key meaning 'button on computer keyboard'.

The state of being a homonym is called homonymy.

Very Important Note:

In Strict Sense, Homonyms have the same spelling, same pronunciation, and different meanings.

HOMONYMS in Strict Sense:

Same Spelling / Same Pronunciation / Different meaning
Homonyms are also known as "Multiple Meaning Words".

Examples: fare, principal, etc.

Fare -- a passenger | Fare -- price
Principal -- most important | Principal -- head of a school

In Wider Sense, Homonyms can also include words that have the same or similar pronunciation (but different spelling) or the same spelling (but different pronunciation).
In the first situation, they are called 'HOMOPHONES'
In the second situation, they are called 'HOMOGRAPHS'

HOMONYMS In Wider Sense:

HOMOPHONES:
Different Spelling / Same or Similar Pronunciation / Different meaning
Note: 'Homophones' are also called 'Heterographs'.
Homophones are also known as "Sound-Alike Words".

Examples: ad/add, know/no, etc.

ad -- advertisement | add -- to include
know -- to have information | no -- refusal

HOMOGRAPHS:
Same Spelling / Different Pronunciation / Different meaning
Note: 'Homographs' are also called 'Heterophones'.

Examples: bow, lead, etc.

Bow (noun) -- [Pronunciation -- bau] -- a weapon used for shooting arrows
Bow (verb) -- [Pronunciation -- baw] -- to move your head forwards and downwards

Lead (noun) -- [Pronunciation -- led] -- a metallic element
Lead (verb) -- [Pronunciation -- lied] -- to go in front

100 HOMONYMS ALONG WITH THEIR MEANINGS:
Sample This:

1. Accident

2. Accident -- an event in which injury or damage is caused in or by a vehicle

3. Accident -- something that happens unexpectedly

4. Action

5. Action -- a legal process

6. Action -- fighting in a war

7. Alight

8. Alight -- on fire

9. Alight -- to get out of a vehicle

10. Angle

11. Angle -- inclination of two lines with each, measure in degrees

12. Angle -- to catch fish

13. Arch

14. Arch -- curve; semicircle

15. Arch -- mischievous

600 HOMOPHONE PAIRS ALONG WITH THEIR MEANINGS:
Sample This:

1. Abhorrent / Aberrant

2. Abhorrent -- causing hatred for moral reasons

3. Aberrant -- unusual and socially unacceptable

4. Accede / Exceed

5. Accede -- to agree

6. Exceed -- to surpass

7. Accept / Except

8. Accept -- to admit

9. Except -- apart from

10. Acclamation / Acclimation

11. Acclamation -- loud and enthusiastic welcome

12. Acclimation -- the process of getting used to a new climate or situation

13. Adapt / Adept / Adopt

14. Adapt -- to adjust or modify

15. Adept -- skillful

16. Adopt -- to become legal parents of somebody's child

150 HOMOGRAPHS ALONG WITH THEIR MEANINGS AND PRONUNCIATION:
Sample This:

1. Absent

2. Absent (adjective) -- not present

3. Absent (verb) -- to not be in a place

4. Abuse

5. Abuse (noun) -- misuse

6. Abuse (verb) -- to misuse something

7. Accent

8. Accent (noun) -- pronunciation

9. Accent (verb) -- to put emphasis on a part of something

10. Address

11. Addres

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