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Subject:
homonyms
Category: Reference, Education and News Asked by: spracky-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
17 Mar 2003 16:39 PST
Expires: 16 Apr 2003 17:39 PDT Question ID: 177546 |
I am looking for a true homonym that has different spellings and complete opposite meanings. |
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Re: homonyms
Answered By: hummer-ga on 17 Mar 2003 19:47 PST Rated: |
Hi spracky, "The homonyms "raise" and "raze" have opposite meanings: to build up and to tear down." ://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:Kt3sycP9XHAC:www.nickshumor.net/archive/humor/1998/msg00233.html+homonyms+%22opposite+meanings%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Hoping this is what you are looking for. If this doesn't satisfy your request, please post a clarification before rating my answer. Thank you, hummer Search Strategy: ://www.google.ca/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=homonyms+%22opposite+meanings%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta= Terms Used: homonyms "opposite meanings" |
spracky-ga
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Perfect--Thank you |
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Re: homonyms
From: mvguy-ga on 17 Mar 2003 23:51 PST |
I can't think of any other good homonym pairs, but I do have some trivia to add: There are also a number of cases where one word can have opposite meanings. For example, "dust" as a verb can mean either to sprinkle dust on something or to remove dust from something. |
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Re: homonyms
From: pinkfreud-ga on 18 Mar 2003 08:51 PST |
Another bit of trivia: A word which sounds exactly like another word, but which is spelling differently and has an opposite meaning, is technically called a homophonic, heterographic antonym. |
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Re: homonyms
From: hummer-ga on 19 Mar 2003 17:06 PST |
Thank you, spracky. hummer |
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