Important Homonyms with List and example Sentences

Definition

In the English language, a word that carries the same sound as another word but distinctions in meaning is called Homonym.

Examples of Homonyms

Here we have a number of examples with sentences for a better understanding of the concept of the term ‘Homonym’.

Drop-Drop

• He hasn’t touched a drop of alcohol in three years.
• Please drop me off near the bus station.

Duck-Duck

• Duck lives in water
• He can’t afford to duck the issue any longer.

Tie-Tie

• Luxman was run out and the match was tied.
• He always wears his college tie.

Fort – Fought

• Fort Munro is a beautiful place to visit.
• He fought many battles for the sake of his state.

Foul – Fowl

• Referee showed him a green card for playing foul.
• Fish and fowl were served at the dinner.

Groan – Grown

• Ben’s jokes make you groan instead of laugh.
• He had grown his beard.

Holy – Wholly

• One must respect the Holy places of all religions.
• The information appealed that the tragedy was wholly unavoidable.

Hour – Our

• He waited for his turn for half an hour.
• We gave to a journalist some of our photos to publish.

I – Eye

• I will move to London next year.
• Oh! you’ve got something in your eye?

Know – No

• I know about your school.
• “No, you can’t do this.”

Links – Lynx

• A love of rain links the two writers.
• They may watch like a lynx.

Mail – Male

• I’ve received a mail from higher authorities.
• She wants to get married to her male colleague.

Meet – Meat

• We’ll meet again on Sunday.
• I love to eat meat.

Peace – Piece

• May the departed soul rest in peace.
• He took a piece of cake with tea.

Right – Write

• Keep your bike on the right side of the highway.
• She had to write a letter to her father.

Scene – Seen

• The police arrived late at the crime scene.
• He bent down so he couldn’t be seen easily.

Than – Then

• Malkova is prettier than Angela.
• They followed him from the morning; then killed him in the night.

 

List of homonyms in English:

 

Ad – Add	Ail – Ale
Air – Heir	All – Awl
Allowed – Aloud	Alms – Arms
Altar – Alter	Ant – Aunt
Arc – Ark	Ate – Eight
Auger – Augur	Aural – Oral
Baize – Bays	Bald – Bawled
Ball – Bawl	Band – Banned
Bard – Barred	Bare – Bear
Baron – Barren	Be – Bee
Beach – Beech	Bean – Been
Beer – Bier	Berry – Bury
Berth – Birth	Billed – Build
Blue – Blew	Bored – Board
Braid – Brayed	Break – Brake
Brews – Bruise	Bridal – Bridle
Broach – Brooch	Buy – By/ Bye
Capital – Capitol	Cellar – Seller
Census – Sense	Cereal – Serial
Chili – Chilly	Choral – Coral
Cite – Sight / Site	Coarse – Course
Complement –Compliment	Council – Counsel
Deer – Dear	Die – Dye

 

Discreet – Discrete	Doe – Dough
Done – Dun	Draft – Draught
Dual – Duel	Earn – Urn
Ewe – You	Farther – Father
Faze – Phase	File – Phial
Find – Fined	Fir – Fur
Flaw – Floor	Flea – Flee
Flew – Flu/ Flue	Flex – Flecks
Flour – Flower	For – Four
Foreword – Forward	Fort – Fought
Foul – Fowl	Gait – Gate
Gamble – Gambol	Genes – Jeans
Gored – Gourd	Great – Grate
Groan – Grown	Hart – Heart
Hear – Here	Heel – Heal
Hi – High	Him – Hymn
Hoard – Horde	Hole – Whole
Holy – Wholly	Hour – Our
I – Eye	Idle – Idol
Incite – Insight	Knead – Need
Knew – New	Knight – Night
Knot – Not	Know – No
Leak – Leek	Lessen – Lesson

 

 

Levee – Levy	Links – Lynx
Loan – Lone	Loot – Lute
Made – Maid	Mail – Male
Main – Mane	Manna – Manner
Marshal – Martial	Mask – Masque
Maw – More	Medal – Meddle
Meet – Meat	Might – Mite
Mist – Missed	Moose – Mousse
Muscle – Mussel	None – Nun
Oar – Or	Overdo – Overdue
Pail – Pale	Pain – Pane
Pair – Pear	Passed – Past
Peace – Piece	Peak – Peek
Pedal – Peddle	Plane – Plain
Principal – Principle	Profit – Prophet
Rain – Reign	Red – Read
Right – Write	Ring – Wring
Rode – Road	Role – Roll
Rouse – Rows	Rung – Wrung
Sail – Sale	Sauce – Seen
Scull – Skull	See – Sea
Shoe – Shoo	Side – Sighed
Slay – Sleigh	Soar – Sore

Sole – Soul	Some – Sum
Sort  – Sought	Staid – Stayed
Stalk – Stork	Stare – Stair
Stationary – Stationery	Steal – Steel
Stile – Style	Sun – Son
Tail – Tale	Team – Teem
Than – Then	Their – There
Throne – Thrown	Tide – Tied
To – Too / Two	Toe – Tow
Vain – Vein	Vary – Very
Wail – Whale	Waste – Waist
Way – Weigh	Weak – Week
Weather  – Whether	Where – Wear
Which – Witch	Who’s – Whose
Won – One	Would – Wood