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carat  –  caret  –  carrot

[These three words have almost the same sound as in ‘carat’.]

“Carat” is ‘the measurement for expressing the amount/purity of gold   in gold ornaments, and the weight of precious stones such as diamonds and other gems — equal to 200 milligrams’;

a 22-carat gold ring (22K gold ring)

[18-carat gold ornament has 75% gold in it and the rest is other metals such as copper or silver, and 24-carat gold is pure gold without any mix, however, to make ornaments gold must be mixed with copper or silver]

e.g. He bought a 22-carat gold ring for his wife.

[“Karat” is the spelling used in American English.]

“Caret” is ‘the wedge-shaped mark { λ } used in the written or printed text to show where some letter, word or phrase is to be added’,

e.g.

English

Our λ language teacher doesn’t allow us to use too many carets in our notes. = Our English language teacher doesn’t allow us to use too many carets in our notes.

“Carrot” is

carrots (a vegetable)

(a) ‘a plant with a long pointed orange colour root, and the root part eaten as a vegetable’,

(b) ‘(in figurative speech) a reward promised to somebody to persuade them to do something they actually do not like or want to do’,

e.g.

Eating raw carrots is good for the eyes.   [not really!?]

The USA offered China a carrot to persuade it to withdraw from Taiwan.

[i.e. the carrot in this sentence is a "reward" – the nuclear missile technology or something like that]

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