Words that addle your brain

CONFUSING WORDS
Sometimes words can be confusing even for those who are expert in words go wrong at times. there are lots of words in english that confuses most of them. They either sound alike or spell alike or at times both look and sound alike but have different meanings. sometimes it so happens that the words do not match but they have similar meaning. These types of words are called as homograph,homophone and homonym.


 * 1) HOMOGRAPH
 * 2) HOMOPHONE
 * 3) HOMONYM

Homograph
The meaning of the word homograph is derived from 'homo' means 'same' and graph means to be 'drawn' or 'written' that is spelled the same. Homograph is a set of words that are spelled the same but with different meaning and not necessarily pronounced the same.

some commonly used homographs


 * Live

to have a life; to be alive - where do youlive? being alive; having existance - when is live football match starting?


 * Wind

a gust of air - Thewind is bad today. to complete something - Try to wind up your work soon.


 * Lead

a metal - The lead pipes are rusty. to go in front of - The general will lead the way.

Homophone
The meaning of the word homophone is derived from 'homo' means 'same' and 'phone' here means 'voice' or 'sound' that is same sound. homophone is a word that has the same sound as the other word but with different spelling and different meaning.

some commonly used homophones


 * Than/Then

Than-for comparisons; John is taller than Joe. Then-indicate the passage of time; we went to play in the evening and then had coffee.


 * Here/Hear

Here- to indicate the location; Please come back here on time. Hear- to indicate listening; Can you hear the loud noises?


 * To/Two/Too

To- can be a preposition;indicate an infinitive when it precedes a verb. I want to eat. Two- a number; When are you two leaving? Too- adverb that means excessive; is a synonym for also. I ate too much ice cream for dessert, too.