Sunday, March 05, 2017

English Words that Change Meaning with Pronunciation

In my real life, I'm an editor/writer, and words fascinate me at least as much as yarn does.

I collect words and phrases, and here's one of my faves: English Words that Change Meaning with Pronunciation.

Abuse
Address
Advocate
Affect
Analyses
Appropriate
Attribute
August
Axes
Bass
Beloved
Bow
Close
Combat
Compact
Compound
Conduct
Conflict
Console
Consult
Contract
Content
Contest
Construct
Converse
Convert
Convict
Crooked
Decrease
Defect
Deliberate
Desert
Drawer
Duplicate
Escort
Excuse
Expose
Incense
Increase
Insult
Intimates
Invalid
Lead
Live
Lives
Minute
Mobile
Moderate
Object
Offense
Permit
Perfect
Polish
Present
Proceeds
Produce
Progress
Project
Putting
Read
Rebel
Record
Recreate
Refill
Refund
Refuse
Reject
Resign
Secreting
Separate
Sewer
Shower
Sow
Subject
Supplement
Suspect
Tear
Tower
Use
Used
Wind
Wound