Synonyms and Homonyms

Name : Putri Fitriani Khairunnisa
NPM : 1910631060042
Class : 2D
Subject : Intermediate Listening

 -What are synonyms?-
Synonyms are words that have the same meaning as another word. “buy” and “purchase”, “peaceful”and “quiet” are synonyms. Synonymy is the state or phenomenon in which the words that sound different (different in pronunciation) but have the same or identical meaning as another word or phrase. The concrete form of synonymy is called “synonym”and synonyms are words that are similar.

The examples like :

• Happy and Glad
• Intelligent: briliant,clever,smart
• Small – Little
• Old – Prehistoric
• Mean – Unfriendly
• Rich - Wealthy

   -and, what are homonyms?-
Homonyms are words that is pronounced like another word but have different meaning. “sea” and “see” “ maid “ and “ made “ are homonym.  Homonyms are words that sound or look alike. There are two types of homonyms :
Homophones: Words that sound alike but have different spellings, like bear (a large animal) and bare (uncovered).
Homographs: Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, like two meanings of the word flies (insects) and flies (travels through the air).

- The Difference between synonyms and homonyms-

Homophones

• Homophones refer to a set of words that share the same pronunciation but different meanings
• Homophones have the same pronunciation
• Homophones have different speelings

Homographs

• Homophones refer to a set of words that share the same spelling but different meanings, regardless of their spelling.
• Homophones may or may not have the same pronunciation
• Homophones have the same speelings

Examples of Homographs and Homophones :

• It’s (it is) and Its (possessive of it)
• Tire (car wheel) and Tire (get fatigued)
• Can (asking permission) and Can (metal container)
• Accept (to receive) – Except (to exclude)
• Affect (to influence) – Effect (the result)
• Ant (insect) – Aunt (parent’s sister)

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