make 2 sentence of your own to show difference homograph of watch
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Watch (to see)- I watch magic tricks very carefully, but have never been able to understand how magicians do them.
- A lot of people came to watch the match.
- Grandma had to watch the sleeping baby while everyone went to shopping.
Watch (a time telling instrument)
- My father gifted me this watch last year.
- I need to get my watch repaired.
- She wears an expensive watch.
What are homographs?
- Homograph = Homo (same) + graph (spelling)
- Homographs are words with the same spellings, but different meanings.
- They may or may not have the same pronunciation.
- Here, ‘watch’ (to see) and ‘watch’ (instrument/accessory) are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
- Another example is: ‘minute’ (unit of time) and ‘minute’ (very small/tiny).
- Here, both the homographs have the same spellings but mean different things and are pronounced differently.
What are homophones?
- Homophone = Homo (same) + phone (sound)
- Homophones have the same pronunciation, but different spellings and meanings, like ‘to’, ‘two’, and ‘too’.
- Homophones are different from homographs.
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