“She mistook tear for tier.”
Homophones Entry 1597 / 1605 60-second read
Tear vs. Tier
A drop from the eye versus a level.
The comparisoni
“She mistook tear for tier — they sound alike but mean different things: A drop from the eye versus a level.”
The ruleii
¶
TEAR ≠ TIER.
Tear and Tier are homophones — pronounced the same. A drop from the eye versus a level. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
TEAR vs TIER — same sound, different meaning.