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What are some homophones?

Asked by sml (107points) September 8th, 2010
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For school, I need to think of a sentence. It has to be like
She wound the bandage around the wound, in other words sound the same and be spelled the same, with different meanings. help!

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lsdh182's avatar

I don’t think they always have to spelled the same? I could be wrong.
air heir, dough, doe, doh, saw, sore, soar.

OwlofHappiness's avatar

saw, tire, pair/pear, air (air a tv show), beat

Seek's avatar

@sml Those would be homonyms. Homophones are words like @lsdh182 mentioned.

And honestly, this isn’t anything you should need the Internet to help with. It’s just a sentence.

filmfann's avatar

My favorite homophones are Raise and Raze, because they are also antinyms.
“Before we raise the new construction, we have to raze the old buildings.”

as for homonyms, you could use Polish (The Polish man will polish your shoes).

gasman's avatar

Eminent, imminent, and immanent—all distinct words with distinct meanings.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

It really bothers me when people ask other people on the internet to do their homework for them. What happened to people using their own brains?

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

I am so glad I re-read the question. I thought for a second you were asking what are some homophobes. It was a really long night last night.
Just google homophones, you’ll get some stuff.

Ben_Dover's avatar

Here’s one…”My dad is afraid that I might be gay. What a homophone he is!

Kardamom's avatar

Homophones are words that have the same sound that may or may not be spelled the same way, but have different meanings. Homonyms are homophones have the same spelling. Heterographs are homophones that have a different spelling.

Here’s an example of a sentence using homonyms:
The vet had to make sure that the injured horse was medically STABLE before he could lead him out of his STABLE and into the transport trailer.

Here’s an example of a sentence using a heterographs:
You will NEED a large bowl to mix the dough which you will have to KNEAD several times before forming it into a loaf.

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