2007-01-03 13:08:51 · 19 answers · asked by acronin627 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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With "run" all the meanings are actually the same but different applications.The same applies to "hit".
2007-01-03 13:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by jemhasb 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In actuality, the US speaks American, not strictly English. The original saxon language had only a couple of hundred words, most of which rhymed with ugh. Every tine we ran across something for which we had no word, we just stole whatever someone else was calling it; so words like moccasin, pizza, etc were suddenly part of our language too. It stands to reason that some sounds will overlap from one language to another, having different meanings dependent on the language we took it from. So...... we have quite a few words that sound and even are spelled the same, but have different meanings, depending on how we are choosing to use them. This quirks are one reason English is one of the hardest languages in the world to master. I am guessing the movie referred to the tool used to cut people up. Or not!
2016-05-23 01:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning. I don't knowif you mean that they have a different pronunciation with the different meaning.
Consider the word "run". It means to run, a run in baseball, a run in a stocking, a run of good luck, a dog run, a running nose, etc.
Also consider the word "bat". A bat is a living thing, and you could have a baseball bat.
There are numerous other examples.
2007-01-03 13:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I don't think homonyms have to be SPELLED the same, I think they just have to SOUND the same, but here's a couple that are spelled the same anyway:
right - correct and direction
hit - a hit song, and hit the baseball
Some that sound the same are:
meet, meat
we'd, weed
write, right, rite
be, bee
pail, pale
pain, pane
bail, bale
or, oar
marry, merry
loan, lone
guessed, guest
That's all I can think of... Hope it helps
2007-01-03 13:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by SocialWorks 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the term you're looking for is contranym. That's when a word has 2 meanings that are the opposite of each other.
Like dust
You can dust the crops (by putting dust on it)
and you can dust the furniture (by removing dust from it)
2007-01-03 13:40:24 · answer #5 · answered by rasmalai001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the word 'LEAD' is spell the same but have totally different meaning .
one LEAD means leading in the game or anything while other LEAD means a soft heavy toxic metallic element.
2007-01-03 13:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by sagar g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cleave. It means to cut or to join together (like cells). It's a word whose homonym is an antonym.
2007-01-03 13:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by jaichan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than two words that do this.
Witch & which
Weather & whether
Their, there & they're
red & read
write & right
2007-01-03 16:32:23 · answer #8 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HETERONYMS
WORDS SPELLED THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT MEANINGS
SUCH AS BASS AN INSTRUMENT/ A FISH
SUCH AS BOW LOWER ONES HEAD OR FRONT OF SHIP/
USED TO SHOOT ARROWS
2007-01-03 13:20:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bear,the animal and bear,to shoulder or carry a burden .
2007-01-03 13:15:01 · answer #10 · answered by kalusz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋