(1) ANTONYM
Is the state or
phenomenon in which the words have the sense relation which
involve the opposite of meaning.
Implicitly Gradable Pairs
Examples:
big - small good - bad
fast - slow
young - old
Complementary Pairs
Examples:
big - small good - bad
fast - slow
young - old
Complementary Pairs
Examples:
male - female
alive - dead
present - absent
awake – asleep
male - female
alive - dead
present - absent
awake – asleep
Relational Pairs
Examples:
buy - sell
push - pull
command - serve
give - take
teach - learn
master - servant
Examples:
buy - sell
push - pull
command - serve
give - take
teach - learn
master - servant
Homonyms, or multiple meaning words, are words that share the same spelling and the same
pronunciation but have different meanings. For example:
A bear (the animal) can bear (tolerate) very cold temperatures.
The driver turned left (opposite of right) and left (departed from) the main road.
Homophones, also known as sound alike words, are words that are pronounced identically although they have different spellings and meanings. These words are a very common source of confusion when writing.examples of sets of homophones include:
A bear (the animal) can bear (tolerate) very cold temperatures.
The driver turned left (opposite of right) and left (departed from) the main road.
Homophones, also known as sound alike words, are words that are pronounced identically although they have different spellings and meanings. These words are a very common source of confusion when writing.examples of sets of homophones include:
to, too, and two; they're and their; bee and be; sun and
son; which and witch; and plain and plane. Vocabulary Spelling City is a
particularly useful tool for learning to correctly use and spell the sound
alike words.
Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and different pronunciations. examples of homographs are:
bass as in fish vs bass as in music,
bow as in arrow vs bow as in bending or taking a bow at the end of a performance,
close as in next to vs close as in shut the door,
desert as in dry climate vs desert as in leaving alone.