same speeling different meanings in english language?

Question

the soldier wound the bandage around his wound. Any other similar words anyone can come up with?

go bill cosby is that a standard answer u put in lots of qs ive seen scattered around the site. I cant speil as wel as u but

gr8 heaps of stuff to ponder thanks peoples its a big language

Answer 1

My favorite pair is "cleave/cleave" which are both verbs but mean exactly the opposite of one another. "I will cleave to you" meaning I will be bound to you, "I will cleave them asunder" meaning I will cut them apart.

Other pairs like wound/wound are not truly a part of the set because they are pronounced differently. These are homographs, different words that are spelled the same. Cleave/cleave are homophones, different words that are pronounced the same.

Answer 2

There are lots of these. Many arise from variations of Old English or Norman terms; others come from the fact that the English language has happily assimilated terms from every other language spoken on the planet. Which is, of course, the bane of persons trying to learn the language; sometimes the borrowed word has the spelling preserved, sometimes the pronumciation, and sometimes neither. The major thing that English has going for it (other than the fact that it has largely become an international lingua franca) is that it is gramatically fairly simple, with fewer irregulars, declensions, conjugations, and other such complexities than most other languages. And the use of an unadorned Latin alphabet facilitates entering text such as this.

Answer 3

The question ask about spelling, yet cannot spell the word correctly, (see above speeling). However, I get your drift and like the example. One of the most frequently used words in the English language with so many meanings, is the word 'set'. It also has the largest entry in the Oxford Dictionary. Set the table. A set of darts. A badgers set, I could go on for ages but have not got the time, I have just set the alarm..........

(P.s. What on earth is Bill Cosby above on about, has he flipped).

Answer 4

I often read the same book that I have read many times. The wind blew in his face as he took the time to wind his watch. His watch of the watch on his wrist indicated that his watch was almost over. (I just asked a similar question in the Education/Reference, Wordplay section.)

Answer 5

One is a noun, one is a verb. It usually is that way with words that are spelled the same and mean different things and they pronounced differently by placing the emphasis on a different syllable.

Invalid (meaning not valid)- inVaLid (meaning unable to move).

Answer 6

Orange : color and fruit (applies to many fruits in fact!)
Aquamarine: color and precious stone (applies to many stones)
I'd like to add all the nicknames given to those specials parts: melons, coconuts...
All computer gadgets words were once something else such as a mouse, a bug...
There are many more but I think like in your example, they often are related to one another.

Answer 7

Speeling = spelling

Answer 8

Lead and lead: 1) to guide or direct 2) as in the metal: lead pipes, lead paint.

Answer 9

read and read....i will read the book after you have read it.
lie and lie....go lie in your bed because you told a lie

Answer 10

cleave