List of homonyms can be found here.
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Showing posts with label homonyms. Show all posts
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Peak vs peek vs pique
peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate'
Principle and Principal
Principle
The word principle means a standard, a law or a rule. This means you can have:
Eg. - the principles of economics, which are the laws that govern economic theory
Principal
n legal and financial English, however, principal is often a noun (from principal person).
In the law of agency, the principal is the one on whose behalf the agent acts:
She attended the meeting as the agent of a principal who wished to remain anonymous.
In banking the principal (sum) is money invested or borrowed on which interest is paid:
The borrower was only able to make the minimum payment, which covered the interest but did not reduce the principal.
The word principle means a standard, a law or a rule. This means you can have:
Eg. - the principles of economics, which are the laws that govern economic theory
Principal
n legal and financial English, however, principal is often a noun (from principal person).
In the law of agency, the principal is the one on whose behalf the agent acts:
She attended the meeting as the agent of a principal who wished to remain anonymous.
In banking the principal (sum) is money invested or borrowed on which interest is paid:
The borrower was only able to make the minimum payment, which covered the interest but did not reduce the principal.
Accede and exceed
Though the pronounciation looks same, meanings are :
accede: agree, to adhere to an agreement; become party to a contract
exceed: to go beyond; surpass
accede: agree, to adhere to an agreement; become party to a contract
exceed: to go beyond; surpass
Monday, 5 September 2011
pore and pour
Pore: intransitive verb; : to gaze intently, to read or study attentively —usually used with over,
to reflect or meditate steadily.
She will pore over the book to get ready for the test.
Pour: transitive verb; to cause to flow in a stream, to dispense from a container
to supply or produce freely or copiously
to give full expression to : vent
intransitive verb; to move with a continuous flow , to rain hard, to move or come continuously, stream
to score easily or freely (as in basketball) —used with in
The waiter will pour drinks for the guest while we serve the food.
Did the rain pour down hard in your area?
to reflect or meditate steadily.
She will pore over the book to get ready for the test.
Pour: transitive verb; to cause to flow in a stream, to dispense from a container
to supply or produce freely or copiously
to give full expression to : vent
intransitive verb; to move with a continuous flow , to rain hard, to move or come continuously, stream
to score easily or freely (as in basketball) —used with in
The waiter will pour drinks for the guest while we serve the food.
Did the rain pour down hard in your area?
Beside and Besides
Take a close look at these words and notice that one has a "s" on the end which changes the meaning.
Beside: preposition, near, next to, at the side of
I will stand beside you through good times or bad.
She stood beside the fence gate.
Besides: in addition to, apart from, except
It was the most popular book ever written, besides the Bible.
Everyone besides Anna wanted to go swimming.
Beside: preposition, near, next to, at the side of
I will stand beside you through good times or bad.
She stood beside the fence gate.
Besides: in addition to, apart from, except
It was the most popular book ever written, besides the Bible.
Everyone besides Anna wanted to go swimming.
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