Some more examples to add to the so difficult list 1.The colour of my shirt is red/read 2.I want to drink water/watt 3.I have for/four pens 4.I can sea/see you 5.please have a cup of tea/tee
If you could solve all correct, you have a grand future and are a very bright candidate for cracking CAT/MAT/IAS exam. Hats off to Rediff for bringing such a difficult exercise which my nephew studying in KGI could not solve 100% correct
"According to the Wikipedia, homonyms are a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings"!! Homonyms share only pronunciation and NOT spellings my dear Quiz master.
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by saugata chakraborty on Feb 27, 2013 12:00 PM
Please learn to look beyond wiki also in some cases, like an English dictionary may be, before ridiculing anybody.
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by Seshadri Subbaraman on Feb 27, 2013 12:03 PM
I have never heard of this term before. However, if you see wikepedia it states" homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.[1] Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling). The state of being a homonym is called homonymy. Examples of homonyms are the pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person)". I am not sure what is right just copy pasting from Wiki!!!
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by KPS Kapoor on Feb 27, 2013 02:28 PM
In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.[1] Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling).
