We’re moving next
to the homophone: a word pronounced the same as another but differing in
meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air. So … contronyms are words that have contradictory meanings (sanctiion = approve and
disapprove; homophones sound alike
but to not mean the same—and often are not spelled the same, either.
choler (noun): anger
collar (noun): a part of a piece of
clothing that fits around a person’s neck and is usually folded down; a band of
leather, plastic, etc., worn around an animal’s neck (verb): to catch or arrest
someone
So when the
cops had collared him,
They saw his
famous choler rise.
And soon it
filled him to the brim,
From
toenails to his fiery eyes.
They put a collar on him then—
To transport
him to county jail,
And that
where he for months has been—
Oh, you
should hear him rant and rail!
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