[Jill Malcolm]

 do you know the difference in meaning?

graceful…………….. gracious

faint ………………………feint

corps…………………….corpse

sauce…………………….source

And I saw this the other day – ‘pawn’ instead of ‘porn’!!

[Judy Finlay]

graceful describes an action ie as in graceful dancer             gracious describes an attribute, ie as in gracious manner

corps as in army corps                         corpse as in dead body

sauce as in apple sauce  to add to food         source as in the mouth of a river or person with information

to faint is to lose consciousness                     to feint is to pretend to have been punched, injured

[Kathy Swailes]

How about:

Rain……..reign……..rein (all three recently came up in one chapter in a book I’ve been editing). 🙂

[Jill Malcolm]

Thank you Kathy. Any more??

[Kathy Swailes]

Well, there is the one that contributes to my company’s (not companies 🙂 ) name: Write or Wrong? (so, write or right): http://www.writeorwrong.co.nz

But two of my favourite homophones are (copied from ‘Your Dictionary’ website):

 

• affect/effect: Affect is a verb (in most cases) and indicates influence. Effect is a noun (in most cases) and is the result of an action or change.
• compliment/complement: Compliment means to say something nice about someone or something. Complement means something that enhances or completes