CONFUSED?
Sometimes vocabulary is very confusing…Isn’t it!
Homonym
One or more words that have the same sound and often the
same spelling but differ in meaning
Homonym
 Example: Bank
a) A place where you keep money
b) A piece of land at the edge of a river
Homonym
 Example: Activity
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Homophone
One of two or more words that are pronounced the same but
have different meanings and sometimes different spellings.
Homophone
 Example:
 Night: the opposite of day
 Knight: A member of royalty and soldier in medieval
times.
Homograph
A word that has the same spelling as another but differ in
meaning and sometimes pronunciation.
Homograph
 Example: Bow
a) The front of a ship
b) To bend forward
c) A decorative knot
d) A bow to shoot arrows with
Homograph
 Heteronym – A specific type of homograph in which
different pronunciations are associated with different
meanings.
 Many heteronyms are the result of one pronunciation
being a verb and another being a noun.
Homograph
 Example of Heteronymn:
 Conduct (KONduckt) = behavior
 Conduct (kunDUCKT) = to lead as in an orchestra
Homograph
 Example:
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Idioms/Expressions
An idiom or an expression is a phrase whose meaning cannot
be made sense of from the literal definition, but refers instead
to a figurative meaning that is known only through common
use
Idiom/Expression
 Example:
 He cracked up when I told the joke
 Her heart was broken when her boyfriend broke up with
her
Idiom/Expression
 Example:
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