HOMONYMS

 

Homonyms are each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.

1.	Advise	: counsel	Advice	: suggestion
2.	Access	: Approach	Excess	: surplus
3.	Attention	: concentration	Intention	: objective
4.	Accept	: admit	Except	: apart from
5.	Affect	: influence	Effect	: consequence
6.	Amiable	: sociable	Amicable	: friendly
7.	Apposite	: suitable	Opposite	: contrary
8.	Born	: instinctive	Borne	: bear
9.	Birth	: beginning	Berth	: compartment
10.	Canvas	: rough cloth	Canvass	: solicit vote
11.	Council	: assembly	Counsel	: advice
12.	Cloth	: woven or felted fabric	Clothe	: put clothes on
13.	Complement	:thing that completes	Compliment	:polite expression of praise
14.	Check	: verify, test	Cheque	:Negotiable instrument
15.	Cell	: small room	Sell	: exchange for money
16.	Cattle	: livestock	Kettle	: vessel for boiling water in
17.	Censor	: make deletions/ changes in	Censure	: criticize harshly
18.	Confirm	: ratify	Conform	: comply with rules or custom
19.	Collision	: conflict	Collusion	: conspiracy
20.	Comity	: courtesy	Committee	: group
21.	Contagious	: infectious	Contiguous	: adjoining
22.	Diary	: record	Dairy	: place for selling milk
23.	Dear	: beloved	Deer	: four-hoofed grazing animal
24.	Die	: expire	Dye	: colouring
25.	Due	: unpaid	Dew	: condensed water vapour
26.	Doze	: sleep lightly	Dose	: measured quantity
27.	Disease	: ailment	Decease	:death, demise
28.	Desert	: leave, forsake, abandon	Dessert	: sweet course of a meal
29.	Eligible	: fit or entitled to be chosen	Illegible	: impossible to read
30.	Expect	: anticipate	Except	: apart from
31.	Egoism	: self-interest	Egotism	: self-conceit
32.	Especially	:particularly, above all	Specially	: purposely
33.	Elicit	: draw out, extract	Illicit	: unlawful
34.	Fair	: just, equitable	Fare	: charge
35.	Floor	: bottom	Flour	: fine powder
36.	Foul	:soiled, filthy	Fowl	: chicken for eggs and meat
37.	Forego	: sacrifice	Forgo	: miss
38.	Factious	:disloyal or turbulent	Fictitious	:imaginary, unreal
39.	Goal	: aim, target	Gaol	: prison
40.	Hale	: strong and healthy	Hail	: pellets of frozen rain
41.	Heel	: rear part of sole	Heal	: cure
42.	Human	: belonging to Homo sapiens	Humane	: humanitarian
43.	Hoard	: amass	Horde	: large group, gang
44.	Ingenuous	: frank	Ingenious	: clever
45.	Knotty	: difficult to solve	Naughty	: mischievous
46.	Lion	: large flesh-eating wild cat	Loin	: side and back of the body
47.	Lessen	: diminish	Lesson	: spell of teaching
48.	Lighting	: flash of bright light	Lightening	: make or become lighter
49.	Marry	: wed	Merry	: cheerful
50.	Male	: masculine	Mail	: dispatch
51.	Main	: chief	Mane	: long hair on the neck
52.	Meter	: measuring device	Metre	: metric unit equal to 39.4”
53.	Minor	: smaller or less important	Miner	: one who works in a mine
54.	Metal	: a class of effective elements	Mettle	: spirit, courage
55.	Official	: of an office or its tenure	Officious	: intrusive, interfering
56.	Odious	: hateful	Odorous	: fragrant
57.	Pray	: plead	Prey	: victim
58.	Pain	: ache	Pane	: sheet
59.	Pale	: ashen	Pail	: bucket
60.	Pair	: couple	Pare	: trim
61.	Principal	: chief	Principle	: law, rule
62.	Perquisite	: an extra profit	Prerequisite	: thing required as a condition
63.	Perspicacious	: having mental penetration	Perspicuous	: expressing things clearly
64.	Practise	: carry out in action	Practice	: exercise
65.	People	: persons in general	Pupil	: person taught by another
66.	Peace	: quiet; tranquillity	Piece	: distinct portion
67.	Petrol	: refined petroleum fuel	Patrol	: act of walking for security
68.	Practicable	: possible	Practical	: useful
69.	Personal	: one's own; individual	Personnel	: workforce
70.	Physician	: doctor	Physicist	: person skilled in physics
71.	Prescribe	: advise, recommend	Proscribe	: forbid, denounce
72.	Pursued	: followed	Persuade	: convince
73.	Query	: question	Quarry	: intended victim or prey
74.	Roll	: turn over	Role	: function
75.	Review	: critical notice	Revue	: theatrical exhibition
76.	Remissness	: careless of duty	Remission	: reduction
77.	Story	: tale	Storey	: layer
78.	Sweat	: perspiration	Sweet	: sugary
79.	Stare	: gaze	Stair	: flight of steps
80.	Soul	: spirit	Sole	: one and only
81.	Sour	: acid in taste	Sore	: painful
82.	Sail	: travel by water	Sale	: act or instance of selling
83.	Shade	: darkness	Shadow	: silhouette
84.	Stationary	: motionless	Stationery	: writing-materials
85.	Strait	: narrow channel	Straight	: directly
86.	Taut	: stretched, tight	Taught	: educated, trained
87.	Teem	: abound	Team	: set of players
88.	Throne	: chair of State	Thrown	: propelled with force
89.	Thorough	: complete, not superficial	Through	: from side to side
90.	Tortuous	: full of twists and turns	Torturous	: involving torture
91.	Truth	: state of being true	True	: factual, accurate
92.	Vacation	: holiday	Vocation	: strong feeling for a career
93.	Veil	: curtain	Wail	: to be full of sorrow
94.	Waste	: use to no purpose	Waist	: middle part of the body
95.	Wave	: ripples	Waive	: give up
96.	Wait	: stay	Weight	: burden
97.	Week	: period of seven days	Weak	: deficient in strength
98.	Wet	: damp, moist	Whet	: sharpen
99.	Year	: period of twelve months	Ear	: organ of hearing
100.	Yolk	: yellow inner part of an egg	Yoke	: wooden crosspiece