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A homograph is a group (usually a pair) of words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings. They may or may not be pronounced the same way, although the difference in pronunciation is often just a shift in the accented syllable.

There is a whole class of homographs that end in -ate, usually with one being a verb and the other being a noun or an adjective related to it. For example:

"Advocate" can be pronounced with a long "a" sound and mean “to speak or write in support of”
"Advocate" can also be pronounced with a short "a" sound and refer to a person who supports or pleads the cause of another.

Common Homographs

Now that you know what they are, here are 40 examples of homographs:

accent - stress or emphasis/a manner of speaking or pronunciation influenced by the region in which one lives or grew up
agape - wide open/a Greek word meaning “love”
attribute - a characteristic or quality/to think of as belonging to or originating in some person, place or thing
axes - the plural of ax or axe/the plural of axis
bass - a deep voice or tone/a kind of fish
bat - a piece of sporting equipment used in baseball/a winged animal associated with vampires
bow - to bend at the waist/the front of a boat/a pair of tied loops
buffet - to hit, punch or slap/a self-serve food bar
bustier - an undergarment/more busty
compact - small/to make small/a small case for holding makeup
compound - to mix or combine/an enclosed area with a building or group of buildings inside
content - happy or satisfied/all that is contained inside something
contract - an agreement/to get, acquire or incur
coordinates - brings into proper place or order/a set of numbers used to calculate position
desert - a hot, arid region/to leave
digest - a condensed version of some information/to change food in the stomach into a form that can be absorbed by the body
discount - a reduction in price/to underestimate the significance of or give no credence to
does - female deer (plural)/present, third person singular form of the verb “do”
down - in a lower position/soft, furry feathers
entrance - the place of entry/to bewitch, delight or enrapture
evening - late afternoon/making more even
fine - very good/sharp or keen/delicate or subtle/a sum of money paid to settle a matter
frequent - occurring regularly/to visit a place with regularity
incense - a substance that produces a pleasant odor when burned/to infuriate or make very angry
lead - to go first with followers behind/a type of metal
minute - 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour/extremely small
moped - acted sad or gloomy/a bicycle with a motor
object - a thing you can see or touch/a goal/a noun that receives the action of a verb/to be opposed to
proceeds - advances or continues on/the money or profit gained from some sale or venture
produce - to create or make/fresh fruits and vegetables
project - a plan or proposal/to throw or hurl forward/to cause a shadow or image to fall upon a surface
putting - the present participle of put/the present participle of putt
number - a numeral/to count/more numb
refuse - waste or garbage/to reject or decline to accept
row - a fight/to propel a boat forward using oars/a line
second - 1/60th of a minute/after the first
subject - under some authority or control/to bring under authority or control/to make liable or vulnerable/a topic/the noun in a sentence about which something is said in the predicate
tear - to rip/a drop of water from the eye
wind - to turn/moving air
wound - turned/an injury

A?homograph?is a group (usually a pair) of words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings. They may or may not be pronounced the same way, although the difference in pronunciation is often just a shift in the accented syllable.

There is a whole class of homographs that end in -ate, usually with one being a verb and the other being a noun or an adjective related to it. For example:

"Advocate" can be pronounced with a long "a" sound and mean ?to speak or write in support of?"Advocate" can also be pronounced with a short "a" sound and refer to a person who supports or pleads the cause of another.Common Homographs

Now that you know what they are, here are 40 examples of homographs:

accent - stress or emphasis/a manner of speaking or pronunciation influenced by the region in which one lives or grew upagape - wide open/a Greek word meaning ?love?attribute - a characteristic or quality/to think of as belonging to or originating in some person, place or thingaxes - the plural of ax or axe/the plural of axisbass - a deep voice or tone/a kind of fishbat - a piece of sporting equipment used in baseball/a winged animal associated with vampiresbow - to bend at the waist/the front of a boat/a pair of tied loopsbuffet - to hit, punch or slap/a self-serve food barbustier - an undergarment/more bustycompact - small/to make small/a small case for holding makeupcompound - to mix or combine/an enclosed area with a building or group of buildings insidecontent - happy or satisfied/all that is contained inside somethingcontract - an agreement/to get, acquire or incurcoordinates - brings into proper place or order/a set of numbers used to calculate positiondesert - a hot, arid region/to leavedigest - a condensed version of some information/to change food in the stomach into a form that can be absorbed by the bodydiscount - a reduction in price/to underestimate the significance of or give no credence todoes - female deer (plural)/present, third person singular form of the verb ?do?down - in a lower position/soft, furry feathersentrance - the place of entry/to bewitch, delight or enraptureevening - late afternoon/making more evenfine - very good/sharp or keen/delicate or subtle/a sum of money paid to settle a matterfrequent - occurring regularly/to visit a place with regularityincense - a substance that produces a pleasant odor when burned/to infuriate or make very angrylead - to go first with followers behind/a type of metalminute - 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour/extremely smallmoped - acted sad or gloomy/a bicycle with a motorobject - a thing you can see or touch/a goal/a noun that receives the action of a verb/to be opposed toproceeds - advances or continues on/the money or profit gained from some sale or ventureproduce - to create or make/fresh fruits and vegetablesproject - a plan or proposal/to throw or hurl forward/to cause a shadow or image to fall upon a surfaceputting - the present participle of put/the present participle of puttnumber - a numeral/to count/more numbrefuse - waste or garbage/to reject or decline to acceptrow - a fight/to propel a boat forward using oars/a linesecond - 1/60th of a minute/after the firstsubject - under some authority or control/to bring under authority or control/to make liable or vulnerable/a topic/the noun in a sentence about which something is said in the?predicatetear - to rip/a drop of water from the eyewind - to turn/moving airwound - turned/an injury

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