Say Hello to Homophones 1

You may be familiar with homophones—words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling (e.g.CREEK vs CREAK).

A homophone has the same sound as the other word but has a different denotation. In some instances, homophones may or may not have the same spelling.

FLOWER and FLOUR are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly can't bake a chiffon or a sponge cake using lotus or sampaguita.

Other examples of homophones are:

-morning - A.M. vs mourning - remembering the dead

-knight - feudal horsemen vs night - evening

-fairy - elf vs ferry - boat

-eminent - distinguished vs imminent - soon

-dough - uncooked bread vs doe - deer

-discreet - tactful vs discrete - distinct

-cruise - ride in the boat vs crews - gang

-council - committee vs counsel - advise

-allusion -indirect reference vs illusion -misleading image

-bread - baked food item vs bred - produced