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Words like "bat," "desert," "wind," and "clip" all have multiple meanings but are confusingly spelled the same way.

Everyone knows what synonyms and antonyms are (and just in case you don't, synonyms are words that mean the same thing as another word, and antonyms are words that mean the opposite). But do you know ...

If Rose Howard’s family was well off, she’d be a “special” girl who was considered smart and quirky by the teachers at her private school for children who have Asperger’s syndrome. But Rose, the main ...

Homonyms are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. The word “Homonym” comes from the prefix “Homo” which means the same, and the suffix “-nym” which means name. Example: The ...

Homophones and homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Homonyms are words that are pronounced and spelt the same way but have different meanings. Like the word, ‘wear’. You ...

"Do you believe my tears can tear up the world?" Well, if you are a native English speaker, you probably feel nothing special about this sentence. An English learner however must contend with the two ...