Think of two words, different spelling i.e. patients and patience

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   tlcsposted 8 years ago

   Two words different spelling, this will get you thinking!

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      ShirleyJCJohnsonposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      way, whey
      cord, chord
      rain, reign
      by, bye
      to, two, too
      aide, aid

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      MariaMontgomeryposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      wear - ware
      hear - here
      bear - bare
      tic - tick
      pic - pick
      meal - mill
      there - their - they're
      nay - neigh
      say - c'est
      lead - led
      red - read
      seen - scene
      mold - mould (as in crown moulding)
      foul - fowl

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   LindaSmith1posted 8 years ago

   there, their
   wear, where
   here, hear
   way, weigh

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   bibliopolaposted 8 years ago

   Three, tree

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   FatFreddysCatposted 8 years ago

   "through" and "threw"

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   Lewis Hammondposted 8 years ago

   Tie, thai, red, read, check, czech... So many!

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   The Examiner-1posted 8 years ago

   hair and hare

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   tlcsposted 8 years ago

   This is really impressive, does get you thinking doesn't it!

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      The Examiner-1posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      real, reel

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   clivewilliamsposted 8 years ago

   lie - to tell what is not truth VS  Lye -  liquid obtained by leaching ashes
   
   road - what my imagination Lamborghini drives on VS rode - past tense of ride
   
   shoe - Visit the shoemaker VS shoo - to run away something
   
   beer-  So refreshing VS bear - Don't go boxing with this animal
   
   coat - Its cold outside VS quote - re-write, re-say someone else's words
   compliment - kind words expressed about a person, behavior attire or personality VS complement - go along well with, to add to
   
   we- All the poor hubbers on hub-pages VS wee - think early morning

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   fpherj48posted 8 years ago

   Bare-------Bear
   Lean-------Lien
   die----------dye
   principal----principle
   meat---------meet
   tea-----------tee
   golf-----------gulf
   know---------no
   knew...........new
   sense--------cents
   horse---------hoarse
   hair------------hare
   jeans----------genes
   nose-----------knows
   ball-------------bawl
   witch-----------which
   shoot----------chute
   sax-------------sacks
   seen-----------scene
   blue------------blew
   sell-------------cell
   two-------------too
   where............ware
   fare-------------fair
   muscle---------mussel
   sail--------------sale
   by---------------buy
   holy-------------wholly
   pale-------------pail
   
   I'm done!

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      Solarasposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Well done!
      
      Flee, Flea
      peas, pees
      capitol, capital
      dun, done
      I, eye
      wear, where, ware

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      fpherj48posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I thought of a few more.....Romeo....you little devil you.  Remind me to never play Liar's Poker with you!  LOL!
      metal -- medal
      lax -- lacks
      bazaar -- bizarre
      sew -- sow--so
      moose -- mousse
      bridal -- bridle
      gate -- gait
      lesson -- lessen
      leech --leach
      hairy -- harry
      soul -- sole
      bait -- bate
      rough -- ruff
      flower -- flour
      herd --heard
      blew -- blue
      hail -- hale
      hearty-- hardy
      lone -- loan
      plain -- plane
      
      I'm sure a lot of these have been repeated by all of us....but it was FUN anyway!!

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    Availiasvisionposted 8 years ago

    Time, thyme

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       Solarasposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       And how could I forget:
       Paws, pause
       Claws, clause
       hale, hail
       whored, hoard
       bored, board
       bolder, boulder
       scull (row), skull (scary)
       wail, whale
       tail, tale
       ceiling, sealing

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    gmwilliamsposted 8 years ago

    red........ read
    oar........ore
    eight.....ate
    for........four
    grate......great
    our........hour
    rain.......reign
    one.......won
    thee.....the
    horse.....hoarse
    pier..........peer
    teem......team
    site.......cite
    main....mane
    strait.......straight
    sea..........see
    boar.......bore
    
    pi.........pie
    heir.......hair
    tier.......tear
    pair.....pear
    seed......cede
    fin.......Finn
    lain......lane
    .

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       Solarasposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       Excellent!
       
       Male, mail
       feat, feet
       right, write
       callous, callus

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    RanaKmposted 8 years ago

    see - sea
    real - reel
    conscience - conscious
    word - ward
    pull - pool
    right - wright
    soup - soap
    hole - hall
    veal - veil
    knight - night
    loan - lone
    claws - cloths
    break - brake
    sip - seep
    for - four
    sheep - ship
    meet - meat
    jell - gel
    poor - pour
    freight- fright
    peel - peal
    coal - call
    core - cor
    sore - sour
    low - law
    flu - flew
    purl - pearl
    roll - role
    put - pout
    gut - got
    stare - stair
    fall - foll
    deaf - def
    son - sun
    sight - site
    want - won't
    tall - toll
    add - ad
    eight - ate
    dye - die
    lie - lye
    be - bee
    weather - whether
    nun - none
    gun - gone
    saw - sow
    steal - steel
    poll - pole
    quiet - quite
    weak - week
    row - raw
    idol - idle
    flour - flower

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    norma-holtposted 8 years ago

    there - their

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    TheGutterMonkeyposted 8 years ago

    God hates homophones.

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    RanaKmposted 8 years ago

    I guess they're over hahah, no one can beat my list or is there

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       The Examiner-1posted 8 years agoin reply to this

       beat - beet
       one - won
       or - oar
       (all from your sentence)

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          RanaKmposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Hahahahaha I can't agree with won and one though but nice

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          fpherj48posted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Examiner.......SHOW OFF!!!     LMAO.

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    Romeos Quillposted 8 years ago

    Very good! How about:-
    
    carrot - carat
    peel - peal
    tea - tee
    tare - tear
    bean - been
    tailor  - tela
    caste - cast
    what - watt
    coffin - coughing
    coign - coin
    pallete - palate
    fawn - thorn
    morn - mourn
    grate - great
    groan - grown
    haul - hall
    weal - wheel
    waive - wave
    wen - when
    waist - waste
    raise - raze
    wrest - rest
    wring - ring
    wrung - rung
    rote - wrote
    moat - mote
    wood - would
    tongue - tong
    tour - tor
    talk - torque
    tow - toe
    vale- vail
    vain - vane
    bier - beer
    daze - days
    mussel - muscle
    burred - bird
    burn - Bern
    tine - Tyne
    whine - wine
    jewel - dual
    break - brake
    leach - lech
    leak - leek
    lea - lee
    tare - tear
    sigh - sai
    bard - barred
    but - butt
    sine - sign
    ryot - riot
    mist - missed
    sic - sick
    piste - pissed
    soul - sole
    heal - heel
    reel - real
    bearer - barer
    scene - seen
    wean - ween
    trussed - trust
    troupe - troop
    trey - tray
    treat - tret
    stair - stare
    aloud - allowed
    wild - Wilde
    sew - sow
    hoe - ho
    lo - low
    bey - bay
    look - luck
    tuck - took
    tuff - tough
    tuner - tuna
    hew - hue
    phew - few
    phial - file
    deer - dear
    death - deaf
    thought - fought
    taut - taught
    lieu - loo
    compliment - complement
    manna - manner
    stile - style?

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       Romeos Quillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       Typo on ' leach - leech '.
       Oh, another.... Listz (as in ' Franz ' ) - list

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          Romeos Quillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          '  Liszt ' lol!....can never get that name right.

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       RanaKmposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       And the winner is.........Romeos!!! Congrats! ahaha

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          The Examiner-1posted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Romeo has a few which are iffy: jewel - dual, starting with a 'j' and a 'd'? A word and a name? wild - Wilde?

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             Romeos Quillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

             ?? " Think of two words, different spelling i.e. patients and patience "
             This was the criteria no? All of the words listed met the criteria. I thank you.
             R.Q.

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          Romeos Quillposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          Lol! Have a lovely day!

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    SheilaMilneposted 8 years ago

    The interesting thing about all this is how it demonstrates accents and so pronunciation.  For instance, I would never think "whale" and "wail" were the same word or "where" and "were".

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    Romeos Quillposted 8 years ago

    @fpherj48  Lol! tics came up with a great idea to blow the mental cobwebs away; what a fun little game. No doubt someone out there will be thinking, " Right! I'll have him! " as they're feverishly scouting for a hundred words to make us look knee-high to a grasshopper..." Don't do it peeps! It's just for FUN " lol!
    Have a great evening

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