homonyms

Homonyms 

 homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings, whether spelled the same or not. A more restrictive definition sees homonyms as words that are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling).The relationship between a set of homonyms is called homonymy.

Examples of Homonyms in Jokes

Q: What's black and white and red all over?

A: A newspaper!

It's difficult to imagine a time when this joke was funny, but it's easy to see why it was. The "red" in the question is obviously the color because it comes after two other colors. But when the punchline is unleashed on the hapless hearer of the newspaper joke, he finds that he couldn't have been more wrong. He should have heard "read." There's a momentary flash of confusion followed by the euphoric ah-ha effect. The ah-ha effect usually ushers in a volley of ha-ha's, and fun is had by all.

Example :

·  Accept (to receive) and Except (excluding)

·  Acts (things done) and Ax (chopping tool)

·  Ad (advertisement) and Add (short for addition)

·  Affect (to influence) and Effect (result)

·  Aid (to assist) and Aide (an assistant)

·  Air (stuff we breath) and Heir (one who will inherit)

·  Aisle (walkway) and Isle (island)

·  Allusion (an indirect reference) and Illusion (a misconception)

·  Ant (insect) and Aunt (parent's sister)

·  Bald (hairless) and Bawled (cried aloud)

·  Band (a group) and Banned (forbidden)

·  Capital (city) and Capitol (wealth and resources)

·  Climactic (great intensity) and Climatic (weather conditions)

·  Days (more than one day) and Daze (to bewilder)

·  Die (to become dead) and Dye (coloring agent)

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