Homographs and Homophones
Ahomograph is awordwith two ormore differentmeanings.
One example is the word
star
. It can mean“a shining body in
the sky” or “a famous person.”
You can create a question that seems to use one definition
of the word and an answer that uses the other. Here’s an
example:
Q:
Why was the asteroid unhappy?
A:
He knew he’d never be a star.
Homophones are two or more words that sound the
same,but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
For example, the words
meteor
and
meatier
are homophones.
You can create a great joke by mixing homophones.
Here’s an example:
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