HOMOGRAPHES
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings
and are often pronounced differently as well.
Examples:
Bear - A kind of animal
Bear - Tolerate
Lead - Guide, show someone the way,
escort, usher
Lead - A kind of metal
Close - To shut, to lock
Close - Near, next to, adjacent
Wind - Breeze, cool air
Wind - Twist or curve, wrap or encircle
Absent - Missing, not present
Absent - To make oneself missing
Affect - To influence
Affect - Impact, influence
Attribute - A character or quality of a
thing
Attribute - To associate ownership or
authorship of something to someone
Bass - A low-pitched sound or tone
Bass - A kind of fish
Bow - A knot with two loops and loose
ends, a weapon for shooting arrows
Bow - Stoop, to bend or curve downward
Desert - Abandon,
give up, relinquish
Desert - Barren
land, wasteland
Record - To
store sound, music etc., on tape or on a disk
Record - Information,
data, documentation
Wound - An
injury, lesion
Wound - To
hurt or injure
Too - Excessively, extremely, overly
Too - Also, in addition, besides
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