Vocabulary Builder Series - 1 - THE HUMAN BODY

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Homonyms - words with same spelling but different meanings

 

Many a times we come across words which have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings. Lets take for example the word bat. Bat means a flying animal and it also means an equipment used for hitting the ball as in cricket. 

Such words are called homonyms - words having same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings. The meaning changes according to the context. When you are discussing biology the other person knows that you are talking about the animal and not the cricket bat. Here we are providing a list some of the most common homonyms.

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

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

Pole - a person from Poland / a piece of metal that holds a flag

Pound - unit of weight / to beat

Quarry - a site for mining stone / to extract or obtain slowly

Ream - a pile of paper / to juice a citrus fruit

Ring - a band on a finger / something circular in shape

Right - correct / direction opposite of left

Rock - a genre of music / a stone

Rose - to have gotten up / a flower

Spring - a season / coiled metal

Stalk - a part of a plant / to follow or harass someone

Tender - gentle / offer of money

Tire - to grow fatigued / a part of a wheel

Well - in good health / a source for water in the ground

Can you remember any homonyms which are not in this list?

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Like homonyms, there are homophones and homographs also. We will discuss about them in a later article.