HOMONYMS

HOMONYMS

Homonyms or multiple meaning words are word that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meaning.

Examples:

Back              -            of or at the back of something                       

Back              -            Give financial, moral support, support

Bank              -            A financial institution

Bank              -            Edge, brink, embankment

Bark               -            A small vessel,

Bark               -            The protective outer covering of branches, trunk and roots of a tree

Bark               -            Yelp, the sharp cry of a fox, dog etc.

Bat                 -            A kind of nocturnal flying bird

Bat                 -            A wooden stick, a cudgel

Beam             -            A ray of shaft or light

Beam             -            Girder, support, timber

Book              -            Reserve, buy a ticket in advance

Book              -            Volume, publication

Can                -            A closed metal container

Can                -            Present form of could, be able to

Change          -            Coins, cash, small change

Change          -            To cause to be different

Clear              -            Lucid, easily understood, plain, obvious

Clear              -            to clean

Club               -            A stick or a bat used to hit a ball, cudgel

Club               -            Society, Organization, Association

Cool               -            A fairly low temperature, coldness

Cool               -            Calm, excellent

Crane             -            A large tall machine used for moving objects

Crane             -            A type of tall bird with long neck and legs

Current          -            A steady smooth onward movement, a flow of electric charge

Current          -            Present, existing

Dear               -            Beloved, Cherished

Dear               -            Costly, expensive

Deck              -            A peck of 52 playing cards

Deck              -            A platform built into a vessel

Down             -            Downwards, downstairs

Down             -            Unhappy, depressed

Duck              -            A score of nothing by a batsman       

Duck              -            A small aquatic bird

Dust               -            A disturbance, fuss, commotion

Dust               -            Fine, dry particles of matter

Exact             -            Demand, insist, require

Exact             -            Precise, accurate

Fall                 -            A sudden decline in number, strength or importance, downfall

Fall                 -            Occur at a specified time or place, lose one’s balance and collapse

Fat                 -            A white or yellow greasy substance

Fat                 -            Obese, overweight

Fawn              -            A light brown colour, beige

Fawn              -            A young dear in its first year

Fine                -            Thin, light

Fine                -            Well, excellent

Flat                -            An apartment on one floor of a building

Flat                -            Smooth, even, horizonatal

Glass              -            A hard, brittle, transparent or translucent substance

Glass              -            Tumbler, a drinking container made from glass

Grave             -            Mausoleum, a tomb, a place of burial

Grave             -            Serious and solemn

Groom           -            Bridegroom, husband-to-be

Groom           -            Prepare, make ready, stableman

Gross             -            Fat, obese, corpulent

Gross             -            Without tax and other contribution having been deducted, an amount equal to 12 dozen i.e., 144

Horn              -            A device sounding a warning or other signal

Horn              -            The hard pointed thing that grows usually in pairs on the head of animals

Iron                -            A hard heavy metal that is a common element

Iron                -            A tool made of iron, device, apparatus

Just                -            Exactly, unbiased

Just                -            Very recently, in the immediate past

Kind              -            Generous, charitable

Kind              -            type, short, class

Left                -            Past tense of leave

Left                -            Towards or on the left

Letter             -            Character, sign, symbol

Letter             -            Message, written communication

Lie                 -            Recline, relax, lounge

Lie                 -            To tell a lie, to make an untrue statement

May               -            Present tense of might

May               -            The fifth month of the year

Park               -            Playground, recreation area

Park               -            To place or leave a vehicle in a parking lot for period of time

Pole                -            A native of inhabitant of Poland

Pole                -            Post, pillar

Resume          -            A brief account of one’s professional work or qualifications

Resume          -            Start again, recommence

Right              -            The direction or position on the right side

Right              -            Correct, fair, just, righteous

Tear                -            A drop of the fluid appearing from the eyes

Tear                -            Rip, scratch, split, rend