pool a body of water

pool the game

cross bad humor

cross to cut at a 90 degree angle

cross two pieces of wood joined at a 90 degree angle

sink to submerge

sink a fixture that holds water

maid a female domestic employee

maid an unmarrried girl

bat a flying mammal

bat a wooden club used in certain sports

No (Opposite of yes) & Know (Has Knowledge of)

Foe (Enemy) & Faux (Fake)

Trunk (Elephant’s Nose) &

Trunk (Large Packing Case for Clothing or Storage)

Deer (Animal) and Dear (Formof Endearment)

Passable (Can Pass Through) &

Passible (Capableof Feeling or Suffering)

Secrete (Generate Fluid From a Gland or Organ &

Secret (To Hide Something)

These are just a few examples there are many.

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aisle I’ll isle

be bee

ant aunt

Homonyms–two words spelled and pronounced the same with two different meaning

right—correct

right–opposite of left

so it’s words that are spelled or pronounced the same but have different meanings, like

I can’t bear to sleep in a tent with a bear.

After you walk through the brush, you have to brush your pants off.

These are homographs (same spelling)

A Homophone (same sound) is like made/maid

The maid made the beds

These are also homonyms. (but not homographs)

Homonym: One word, two definitions and one pronunciation (“I saw the saw”).

Homograph: One word, different definitions and different pronunciations (“I contest the contest results”).

example:

“omg did you see ryan french kiss andy? i never knew they were homonyms!!!!!!!”

sine and sign

tire and tyre

tier and tear

stair and stare

there and their and they’re