“She mistook gored for gourd.”
Homophones Entry 1548 / 1605 60-second read
Gored vs. Gourd
Pierced by horns versus a hard-shelled fruit.
The comparisoni
“She mistook gored for gourd — they sound alike but mean different things: Pierced by horns versus a hard-shelled fruit.”
The ruleii
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GORED ≠ GOURD.
Gored and Gourd are homophones — pronounced the same. Pierced by horns versus a hard-shelled fruit. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
GORED vs GOURD — same sound, different meaning.