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Do you know what antonyms and homonyms are

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Antonym means opposite meaning.

Homonym means spelled the same or sounds the same, but has a different meaning.

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Antonyms = pretty and ugly. old and young. fat and skinny.

Homonyms = sun and son. right and write. pen(write with) and pen(keep animals in).

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Antonym: a word opposite in meaning to another

homonyms:each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.

or In linguistics, homonyms, broadly defined, are words which sound alike or are spelled alike, but have different meanings

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