These words will be asked in Midway Viva for 20 marks.
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Definitions:
Reference: BBC English
- Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning:
- Words such as happy, cheerful and merry.
- Words such as sad, miserable and heartbroken.
- Antonyms are words with opposite meanings:
You can use a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms for words.
- Words such as angry and peaceful.
- Words such as funny and serious.
- A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as another word but has a different sound and a different meaning:
- lead (to go in front of)/lead (a metal)
- wind (to follow a course that is not straight)/wind (a gust of air)
- bass (low, deep sound)/bass (a type of fish)
- A homophone is a word that has the same sound as another word but is spelled differently and has a different meaning:
- to/two/too
- there/their/they're
- pray/prey
- A word that is spelled like another but has a different sound and meaning (homograph); a word that sounds like another but has a different spelling and meaning (homophone
OR
- A word that is spelled and pronounced like another but has a different meaning (homograph and homophone)
- So does a homonym have to be both a homograph and a homophone, or can it be just one or the other? As with most things in life, it depends on whom you ask.
- In the strictest sense, a homonym must be both a homograph and a homophone. So say many dictionaries. However, other dictionaries allow that a homonym can be a homograph or a homophone.
