Homographs
A homograph is a word that is spelled the same as another but has a different meaning and usually a different etymology (such as "bear", the animal, and "bear", to support, to tolerate, etc);
| arms (weapons) band (music makers) bass (low musical sound) bear (animal) boil (bubble) bow (bend) box (container) brush (tool) can (container) case (container) close (shut) colon (part of body) date (on calendar) desert (place) down (feathers) dove (bird) duck (bird) fan (admirer) fast (quick) fine (good quality) firm (hard) fly (insect) fresh (new) gum (chewing treat) hold (grasp) invalid (ill) jam (preserved fruit) lap (part of body) lead (main, best) left (direction) lie (untruth) loaf (lounge) lumber (wood) mole (skin spot) pen (for writing) pitcher (container) pop (sound) pound (weight) prune (fruit) pupil (part of eye) racket (for tennis) racket (noise) ring (circle) row (in a line) swallow (bird) nail (body part) |
arms (part of body) band (strap) bass (fish) bear (carry) boil (skin sore) bow (part of ship) box (hit) brush (undergrowth) can (able) case (condition) close (nearby) colon (punctuation mark) desert (abandon) dove (jumped into water) date (companion) down (direction) duck (avoid) fan (cooling device) fast (starve) fine (payment for wrongdoing) firm (company) fly (move through air) fresh (bold) gum (mouth part) hold (part of ship) invalid (no good anymore) jam (squeeze) lap (course) lead ((give access) left (went) lie (recline) loaf (bread) lumber (walk slowly) mole (animal) pen (enclosure) pitcher (in baseball) pop (popular) pound (kennel) prune (cut) pupil (student) racket (scheme) racket (noise) ring (sound of bell) row (with oars) swallow (bird) swallow (gulp) nail (body part) nail (hit with a hammer) |
Examples:
The dove dove into the grass.
The invalid's handicap parking permit was invalid.
You know you have to resume writing your resume.
She can close the door, because she is close to it.
When the wind blows it's hard to wind a watch.
Only Polish can polish it.
I will present my present gilfriend with a present.
I will definitely object to that object.
The landfill was so full it had to refuse refuse.
We have to invalid out of the army the invalid soldier
Many soldiers who are alone in the desert decide to desert.
A farm can produce produce.
Who will lead me to the lead mine?
I know where the cat with nine lives lives.
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