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.
1. feat (noun): accomplishment
2. feet (noun): plural of foot
“Now, Mr.
Shakespeare—quite a feat
To write a
line with just five feet—
Poetic feet, of course.” The Bard
Just smiled.
For him, it wasn’t hard
To write
pentameter. It flowed
From him
like water. Then it glowed.
But hearing
praise, he took his seat
And stared
(so modest!) at his feet,
Was lost in
thought (I can explain)
About a
play—a moody Dane.
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