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. grocer (noun): a person who sells food
and other supplies
2 grosser (adj.) comparative form of gross—very disgusting
The grocer sold disgusting food—
It suited
both his thoughts and mood.
“Why sell
the food I’d like to eat?
That’s
wasting profit”—this he’d Tweet.
They called
him “grosser” after that—
And shunned
his shop in nothing flat.
And very
soon the dude was broke—
Addicted to
white powder (coke)
And ended up
in custody
With lousy
food (but it was free).
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