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Make pair of sentences of your own to point out you different meaning of homographs 1. letter 2. patient

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Examples of Homographs

Put quite simply, a homograph is a group (usually a pair) of words that are spelled the same way, and may or may not be pronounced the same way, although the difference in pronunciation is often just a shift in the accented syllable.

There is a whole class of homographs that end in -ate, usually with one being a verb and the other being a noun or an adjective related to it. For example:

"Advocate" can be pronounced with a long "a" sound and mean "to speak or write in support of"

"Advocate" can also be pronounced with a short "a" sound and refer to a person who supports or pleads the cause of another.

Common Homographs

Now that you know what they are, here are 40 examples of homographs:

accent - stress or emphasis/a manner of speaking or pronunciation influenced by the region in which one lives or grew up

agape - wide open/a Greek word meaning "love"

attribute - a characteristic or quality/to think of as belonging to or originating in some person, place or thing

axes - the plural of ax or axe/the plural of axis

bass - a deep voice or tone/a kind of fish

bat - a piece of sporting equipment used in baseball/a winged animal associated with vampires

bow - to bend at the waist/the front of a boat/a pair of tied loops

buffet - to hit, punch or slap/a self-serve food bar

bustier - an undergarment/more busty

compact - small/to make small/a small case for holding makeup

compound - to mix or combine/an enclosed area with a building or group of buildings inside

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homographs are word with the same spelling but having more than one meaning homographs may be pronounced and second homographs are noun or adjective