“She mistook paced for paste.”
Homophones Entry 1578 / 1605 60-second read
Paced vs. Paste
Walked at a pace versus glue.
The comparisoni
“She mistook paced for paste — they sound alike but mean different things: Walked at a pace versus glue.”
The ruleii
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PACED ≠ PASTE.
Paced and Paste are homophones — pronounced the same. Walked at a pace versus glue. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
PACED vs PASTE — same sound, different meaning.