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Okay----let's try, THIS.....

Here's the situation: Each person will post a Homonym, Acronym, or Synonym (hence, my title). We're gonna go from A to Z ("Q", "X", "Y", and "Z" may be skipped). You have to post every word, involved (or, at least, every word you can think-of); unless, of course, you have a word like "sow"----then, you have to put: "verb and noun". The posts do NOT have to be in "HAS" order----just make your LEADING word "in-line" (alphabetical), with the previous person's LEADING word.

If you don't feel like being "boxed-in", today, you may post a different class of words (e.g. you may post an Eponym----this is the ONLY time, another language is allowed; AND, the ENGLISH word MUST be the one that follows, in-line----meaning, FIRST, in your post [I'm looking forward to learning from our resident Latin Professor, "DeepHour"!]), and please don't forget to post the CLASS of the word (if it's other than HAS)----in the example, above, you would put: "eponym".

Now, if you're like me, I had to scratch my head, to remember which words, were which----so, here's a refresher, for whomever needs it:

Homonym - a word that is spelled or pronounced in the same way as one or more other words but has a different meaning. Examples include the noun and adjective "plane" and "plain", pronounced the same but spelled differently; and, the verb and noun "sow", spelled the same but pronounced differently.

Acronym - word formed from the initials or other parts of several words, e.g. "NATO", from the initial letters of "North Atlantic Treaty Organization".

Synonym - a word that means the same, or almost the same, as another word in the same language, either in all of its uses or in a specific context. Examples of synonyms, in this sense, are: "environment" and "surroundings", and the verbs "tear" and "rip".

ALL WORDS MUST BE IN ENGLISH!! (Or, at least, INCLUDED, as in the example, above.)

Please do NOT post several sets of words in ONE post----even, if they ARE, in-line; you may, however, post as many successive posts, as you like.

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And, we're off.....

Synonym:

Air / Declare

Bare, Bear

We're going in alphabetical order----so, following "Air", the next word should begin with "B".....

If someone gets out-of-order, just skip them (ignore their word), and put the next "properly" lettered word.

Homonym:

Coax, Cokes

Decipher, Decode (synonyms)

Antonym:

Entrance, Exit

Flee, Flea (homonyms)

Okay, here's a "B": By, Bye, Buy (there's also the slang, "Bi") (homonym)

"G" - Great / Grate (homonym)

Hair / Hare

Induce, Persuade (synonym)

Flea, flee.......homonyms.

From "Induce".....

Jade / Jade (Homonyms - BOTH, are nouns - one is a semi-precious stone; the other, an old horse.)

Kind / Nice (Synonym)

Lost / Found (Antonym)

Mist, Missed (homonyms)

NASA (Acronym)