WORDPLAYDOUGH
I find words very interesting - their origins, meanings, spellings, and sounds, I love it all. I enjoy playing with them to make something new. It’s like I’m playing with playdough, Legos, or a Mr Potato Head, each letter a different size, block type, or part.
One game I have fun playing is going through the alphabet in order with various combinations, -oa- and -oCe- for example. (Note: C stands for consonant.)
I love playing word games because I get to take the group of letters and scramble them into as many words as I can.
I’m constantly on the lookout for new knowledge, keeping track of the words I come across and learn. I encounter them when reading, I see or hear in various media forms. I’m especially excited when a thought pops in my head, remembering from another time I wondered about that word.
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First, a bit of an English lesson!
A part of the English language are homophones, homonyms, and homographs. The similarities of the words, alongside the differences, can be confusing. There are two types of Homonyms: Homophones and homographs.
Homophones - sound the same but are different in meaning or spelling.
Homographs - spelled the same, but differ in meaning or pronunciation.
To help remember the difference, just think of the etymology:
Same - homo
Sound - phone (Greek phonos),
Spelling - graph (Greek graphein to write), and
Meaning - nym (Greek word meaning "name" - onyma.
Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/homophones-vs-homographs-vs-homonyms. Accessed January 2024.
For the visual learners, here’s a Venn diagram with the compare/contrast. There is a chart, as well, mapping the characteristics of the terms in different categories .
Source: https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/homonym-homophone-difference. Accessed January 2024.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=f_7FR59AKmQ. Accessed January 2024.
