What is Homonym : "A word which is similar and identical with another word in pronunciation or sound is called as a Homonym."
in other words, "Words similar in sound or pronunciation, but different in meaning, are called Homonym."
1. ABJECT : OBJECT
Abject : hopeless, extreme
Object : aim
Ex. He was brought up in abject condition.
Ex. My main object in life is to become leader.
2. ACCEDE : EXCEED
Accede : to agree
Exceed : to be greater
Ex. I will not accede to her request
Ex. Production costs have exceeded sixty lac rupees.
3. ACCEPT : EXCEPT
Accept : to receive, to take
Except : leaving out,
Ex. I accepted her proposal of marriage.
Ex. Except you, all were present in the meeting.
4. ACCESS : EXCESS
Access : approach, reach, admittance
Excess : more than enough
Ex. Every body has an access to the supreme court for justice.
Ex. Excess of anything is harmful.
5. AD : ADD : AID : AIDE
Ad : short form of advertisement
Add : short for addition
Aid : to assist
Aide : an assistant
Ex. I have seen this ad in India Today magazine.
Ex. Add two and five.
Ex. Chief Minister has give an aid of ten lac rupees to people suffering from flood.
Ex. She is a close aide to the Principal.
6. ADAPT : ADOPT : ADEPT
Adapt : to accommodate, to adapt oneself to a new environment
Adopt : to follow, to take up
Adept : expert is something
Ex. Animals adapt themselves according to the environment.
Ex. Always adopt new methods in teaching.
Ex. Madhuri Dixit is adept in acting and dancing.
7. ADDITION : EDITION
Addition : putting more
Edition : printing books
Ex. My house has been extended with the addition of balcony.
Ex. This edition was also published in tamil language.
8. ADVICE : ADVISE
Advice : counsel, noun
Advise : to give advice, verb
Ex. I like your expert advice in her problem.
Ex. It is not good to advise others sometime.
9. AERIE : AIRY
Aerie : eagle's nest
Airy : breezy
Ex. There is an aerie on the tree near my house.
Ex. Hawa Mahal is quite airy.
10. AFFECT : EFFECT
Affect : to act upon, to pretend
Effect : to bring about, result
Ex. Smoking affect one's lungs.
Ex. Experience make great effect on one's personality.
11. AIR : HEIR
Air : a mixture of gases
Heir : a person who inherits some property
Ex. Every body need fresh air to breathe.
Ex. I am a legal heir to this property.
12. AISLE : ISLE
Aisle : walkway
Isle : island
Ex. My new big car has more seating with wider aisle.
Ex. I have seen a very beautiful isle.
13. ALL READY : ALREADY
All ready : all are ready
Already : earlier
Ex. We were all ready to welcome our guest.
Ex. I have already prepared for the seminar.
14. ALL TOGETHER : ALTOGETHER
All together : in a body, all in one place, in a group
Altogether : completely, totally
Ex. Let us visit Taj Mahal all together.
Ex. It seems altogether impossible to cover up that project.
15. ALLOWED : ALOUD
Allowed : past tense of the verb allow
Aloud : in a loud voice
Ex. The teacher allowed me to enter the class.
Ex. The teacher talked aloud to the class students.
16. ALLUSIONS : ILLUSION
Allusions : indirect reference
Illusion : a deceptive show
Ex. This story is full of allusions.
Ex. The writer is known for creating more interesting illusion.
17. ALTAR : ALTER
Altar : place of offering
Alter : to change, to modify
Ex. She lighted candle at the altar of the God
Ex. I altered my jeans.
18. AMIABLE : AMICABLE
Amiable : lovable
Amicable : friendly
Ex. Ekta is not only intelligent but also an amiable child.
Ex. The meeting amicable as well as successful.
19. ANGEL : ANGLE
Angel : a divine messenger
Angle : an angle of degree, a point where two straight lines meet
Ex. I strongly know he is not an angel.
Ex. These pictures are hanging at an angle.
20. ANTIC : ANTIQUE
Antic : odd, strange
Antique : ancient, am found of collecting antique items
Ex. Your expressions was antic today.
Ex. Some people have hobby in investing on antique items.
21. APPOSITE : OPPOSITE
Apposite : proper
Opposite : contrary, in front of
Ex. His answer was not apposite to my question.
Ex. Your idea is totally opposite to my view.
22. ARC : ARK
Arc : part of circle
Ark : covered floating vessel
23. ASSAY : ESSAY
Assay : attempt, testing the purity of metals
Essay : a piece of composition
Ex. He assayed hard to be selected in IAS.
Ex. She assayed the gold ring.
Ex. I have written many essay.
24. ASSENT : ASCENT
Assent : agreement
Ascent : going up
Ex. She gives her assent to the new project.
Ex. If you press this switch, the lift begin its ascent.
25. ATE : EIGHT
Ate : past tense of eat
Eight : the number base of octal
Ex. John ate many mangoes last night.
Ex. The class teacher give eight pens to merry.
26. AUGER : AUGUR
Auger : a drill (tool), a tool resembling a large corkscrew for boring hoes in wood
Augur : foretell
Ex. Adam need a auger to make a hole at the side of his table.
Ex. The quality of hard work augurs the result of forthcoming examination.
27. AURAL : ORAL
Aural : of hearing
Oral : of the mouth
Ex. His old car gives more aural pleasure.
Ex. Doctor give polio drops to children orally.
28. AYE : EYE
Aye : aye means yes, used in some dialects of British English
Eye : ocular organ
Ex. aye, he has gone.
Ex. She has blue eyes.
29. AWED : ODD
Awed : in a state of wonder
Odd : not usual
Ex. She saw him awed silence.
Ex. He was looking odd in the party.
30. BAD : BED
Bad : not good
Bed : sleeping place
Ex : They are bad men.
Ex : I am going to bed now.
31. BALD : BALLED : BAWLED
Bald : hairless
Balled : made a ball of
Bawled : cried aloud
Ex. He is bald headed.
Ex. He crushed the papers and balled them in his fists.
Ex. The people bawled out 'Once more' in the theater.
32. BALE : BAIL
Bale : package
Bail : security
Ex. The fire destroyed hundred bales of cotton.
Ex. This bad boy has been released on bail for three months.
33. BAND : BANNED
Band : a group
Banned : forbidden
Ex. I joined the band of music.
Ex. This movie is banned in all theater.
34. BARON : BARREN
Baron : a landlord
Barren : not fertile
Ex. He belongs to the family of baron.
Ex. This land is totally barren.
35. BASAL : BASIL
Basal : forming the base
Basil : a herb
Ex. The basal layer of the soil is the bedrock.
Ex. Basil is also used in medicine.
36. BASE : BASS
Base : the bottom support for anything.
Bass : the lowest musical pitch or range.
Ex. He is standing at the base of tree.
Ex. He is playing the bass sitar in the band.
37. BEACH : BEECH
Beach : shore
Beech : a kind of tree
Ex. There are many beaches in the Goa.
Ex. I saw a beech tree near my school.
38. BEAR : BARE : BEER
Bear : to tolerate, to endure, a kind of animal
Bare : naked, uncovered
Beer : a kind of wine
Ex. He would not be able to bear more tense, sleepless night.
I saw a bear in the zoo yesterday.
Ex. He went there bare footed.
Ex. I prefer to take beer in less quantities.
39. BEET : BEAT
Beet : a vegetable
Beat : to thrash
Ex. I like to eat beet.
Ex. It is not good to beat any child.
40. BERTH : BIRTH
Berth : a sleeping place in the train
Birth : being born, coming to life
Ex. I have booked a berth in the train.
Ex. Vadnagar is the birth place of Mr. Narendra Modi.
41. BETTER : BETTOR
Better : superior
Bettor : one who bets
Ex. I am better in study than you.
Ex. Smith is an expert in bettor.
42. BITE : BYTE
Bite : a mouthful
Byte : eight bits
Ex. Please have a bite of sweet.
Ex. There are eight bits in a byte.
43. BLEW : BLUE
Blew : past tense of the verb blow, whistled
Blue : a colour
Ex. He blew out the candle on his birthday.
Ex. The colour of my car is blue.
44. BLOW : BELOW
Blow : send out air, to whistle
Below : underneath
Ex. The cool air is blowing.
Ex. The man is sitting below the tree.
45. BOAR : BOOR : BORE
Boar : wild pig
Boor : a rough and bad mannered person
Bore : not interesting
Ex. Wild boars are found in jungle.
Ex. She is married to a boor person.
Ex. You bored me by telling your senseless story.
46. BOLE : BOWL
Bole : the trunk of a tree
Bowl : dish
Ex. He parked his car behind the bole of a tree.
Ex. Serve the pasta in this beautiful bowl.
47. BORN : BORNE
Born : to take birth
Borne : past participle of the verb bear, supported
Ex. A baby is born in my family.
Ex. It is to be borne in mind that prevention is better than cure.
48. BORROW : BURROW
Borrow : to take loan
Burrow : a hole in the earth
Ex. He has borrowed some money from this bank.
Ex. Some mice live in that burrow.
59. BOW : BOUGH
Bow : bend
Bough : a main branch of tree
Ex. We should bow to the elders.
Ex. The nest of this blue bird is on the bough of that tree.
50. BRAISE : BRAYS
Braise : cook with oil and water
Brays : loud, harsh cry of donkey
Ex. I like braised meat.
Ex. The donkey brays in the farm.
51. BRAKE : BREAK
Brake : an appliance for lessening the speed of a vehicle.
Break : to make a part, to make into pieces.
Ex. He applied the brakes of his motor bike.
Ex. Please don't break my mobile.
52. BREAD : BRED
Bread : a loaf
Bred : past tense of breed
Ex. Julie likes bread with egg.
Ex. This dog is an ill bred.
53. BREWS : BRUISE
Brews : making beer
Bruise : an injury
Ex. He brews his own beer.
Ex. He slipped down the stairs and got the bruise on his leg.
54. BRIDAL : BRIDLE
Bridal : belonging to a bride
Bridle : the head gear of a horse, rein
Ex. She is looking very beautiful in her bridal dress.
Ex. It is not easy to control the bridle of a vicious horse.
55. BUT : BUTT
But : excepting
Butt : the thick end
Ex. He is rich but not a good person.
Ex. He throw cigarette butts on the road.
56. By : Buy
By : a preposition, assistance
Buy : purchase
Ex. Gitanjali is written by Rabindrnath Tagore.
Ex. I want to buy a latest mobile.
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