Homonyms
Homonyms:
(Homographs, homophones)
Homonyms are the words with same pronunciation as others, but with a different meaning, origin and generally, spelling. A list of famous homonyms is as under
| 1 | Access | He has no access to the principal | |
| Excess | Excess of everything is bad. | ||
| 2 | Advise | Father advised his son. | |
| Advice | Act upon my advice. | ||
| 3 | Adopt | Adopt good habits always. | |
| Adept | He is adept in singing. | ||
| 4 | All ready | All is ready for the function | |
| Already | I have already complet my work. | ||
| 5 | Accede | He accede my suggestion. | |
| Concede | Concede your defeat now | ||
| 6 | Exceed | Don’t exceed your limits | |
| Apposite | This is an apposite job for you. | ||
| 7 | Opposite | His house is opposite to my house. | |
| Air | Birds fly in the air. | ||
| 8 | Ear | He feels pain In his ears. | |
| Accepts | I accept your gift. | ||
| 9 | Accident | A met a bus accident. | |
| Incident | An incident brought a new change in my life. | ||
| 10 | Addition | Ali is a new addition in our class fellows. | |
| Edition | First edition of this book is successful. | ||
| 11 | Affect | He is affected by my advice. | |
| Effect | This medicine has side effects. | ||
| 12 | Allusion | Iqbal’s poetry is full of allusions. | |
| Illusion | Life as an illusion. | ||
| 13 | Altar | Cows were brought to altar. | |
| Alter | Please alter you bad ways of life. | ||
| 14 | Amiable | Mr. ali is amiable to all. | |
| Amicable | He has an amicable nature. | ||
| 15 | Angle | It is an angle of 600 degree. | |
| Angel | Allah sends angels for us. | ||
| 16 | Artist | A painter is also an artist. | |
| Artisan | He is an adept artisan. | ||
| 17 | Avocation | Gardening is a good avocation. | |
| Vocation | He is a teacher by vocation. | ||
18 |
Bail | He is realized on bail. | |
| Bale | These are 60 bales of cotton. | ||
| 19 | Barren | Barren land produces nothing. | |
| Baron | Mr. Ali is baron by birth. | ||
20 |
Battle. | Battle of badar was fought between the muslins and the non Muslims. | |
| War | He participated in World war II. | ||
| 21 | Bear | Bear is a dangerous animal. | |
| Beer | We dislike beer to drink. | ||
| 22 | Berth | All the berths are reserved in this rtain. | |
| Birth | What is your date of birth? | ||
| 23 | Beat | The teacher is beating the students. | |
| Beet | Beet is a useful vegetable | ||
| 24 | Beside | He is sitting beside me. | |
| Besides | Besides Ali all were present. | ||
| 25 | Born | I was born in Gujrat. | |
| Borne | Many hardships were borne by me in my life. | ||
| 26 | Break | He broke window pane | |
| Brake | The brakes of my car are lose, | ||
| 27 | Bow | The Muslims bow before Allah. | |
| Bough | A tree has many boughs. | ||
| 28 | Breath | His breath stopped and he died at once. | |
| Breathe | He is breathing in the fresh air. | ||
| 29 | Bridal | She looke beautiful in her bridal dress. | |
| Bridle | He pull the bridle of his horse. | ||
| 30 | Cast | What is the cost of this pen? | |
| Caste | He is butt by caste. | ||
| 31 | Calendar | This is a calendar of this year. | |
| Calendar | His calendar is out of order. | ||
| 32 | Canon | He is a man of simple cannons. | |
| Cannon | Cannons are used in war. | ||
| 33 | Cease | They agreed on cease fire. | |
| Seize | His bus engine was seize. | ||
| 34 | Ceiling | This ceiling fan is out of order. | |
| Sealing | Salesman is sealing the packet. |
and some Homonyms will be next . So go to next and read all the homonyms.These are same sound but meaning is very different.
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