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
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