ENGLISH-7

 ENGLISH-7

BRAKE, BREAK, POUR, PORE, MOOT, MUTE, QUACK, QUAKE

For the present episode, words that sound alike or nearly so, while they spell and mean differently are presented. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE; by no means the list is complete. These terms are HOMOPHONES, as they sound alike.

BRAKE [noun]

It is device or a lever that helps to decelerate and stop a vehicle to halt Physically, the brake may have different forms like a pedal or a handle. 

The person had no brakes on his bicycle and so had to break his ankle.

BREAK [Verb]

 The term refers to the act of damaging or ruining something by physical pressure or attack by force .In effect , it makes the object or device to crumble and lose function,

“BREAK” HAS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS

 Break the code, Break silence, Break tension. Break hoodoo, Break a strike,

Break the record, Break the law, Break the promise

BREAK [Noun]

In its ‘noun’ form, break means interruption, as in Lunch break  , Tea break

To have a short vacation is also named ‘break’. 

Break may refer to “opportunity” as in He had a good break in his new assignment

Early morning is ‘day break’

Tax break means a holiday for taxes

MOOT [Verb]

The term refers to making a suggestion as in ’ he mooted the idea’.

 His name was mooted as a possible successor.

MUTE   [Adjective]

Mute refers to the state of silence

It indicates a phase of inaction as in ‘the police were mute spectators when a group ransacked the shops on bazaar street.

PORE [noun]

Pore refers to a narrow opening on a surface.

Plants lose water vapour through tiny holes on leaf surfaces.

POUR

The term refers to the act of transferring or delivering liquid

QUACK   [verb] 

The process of making noise by duck is termed ‘quack’.

 Quack is also used to name person[s] pretending to be recognized medical practitioner[s].

 Quake [verb]

‘Quake’ refers to physical shake by fear or the event of violent shake of earth

Prof. K. Raman