English: Homonyms (or homophones): peel and peal
Call them homonyms, homophones, or what you will; the tutor introduces another pair.
My coverage of homonyms began with my post of August 21, 2013. Searching up homophone and/or homonym on this site reveals my love of them.
Playing the Parker Brothers game Boggle (our version is from 1977), homonyms often surface. Here is a recent pair:
peel: (noun) the skin of a fruit.
peal: (noun) sound audible over a long distance. As the storm began, he heard a peal of thunder.
Often, with a pair of homonyms, one is very familiar, while the other is rarely used.
HTH:)
Source:
Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary & Thesaurus. Glasgow: HarperCollins,
2006.
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
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