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previous / next your ~ you‘re ~ yours [‘your’ and ‘you’re’ have the same pronunciation that rhymes with ‘door’, ‘yours’ has the additional ‘z’ sound at the end] “Your” (determiner – possessive adjective of the second person pronoun “you”) means ‘of, belonging to, made by, said by or done by; {used before titles of important people [...]
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previous / next yoke ~ yolk [the same pronunciation that rhymes with “coke”] “Yoke”, as a noun, is ‘a wooden cross bar or frame with loops or bows at either end, fitted or tied round the necks of a pair of draught animals, to make them work together; a pair of draught animals such as oxen, [...]
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previous / next yen ~ yen [the same pronunciation that rhymes with ‘ten’] “Yen” (noun) is ‘the standard currency (money) of Japan – with the symbol “¥” and written as JPY – with the plural form the same ‘yen’’, e.g. The Japanese tourist showed some yen to the tourists from other countries. The pound sterling fell by 14 percent against the yen last [...]
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previous / next yearn ~ yarn [slightly different pronunciation: ‘yearn’ rhymes with “turn”, and ‘yarn’ rhymes with “barn”] “Yearn” (verb) is ‘to have a strong liking, desire for something, usually that something is very difficult to get; to feel deep pity, sympathy, tenderness, affection for somebody’, e.g. Though my grandparents live with us in the city, [...]
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previous / next yard ~ yard [the same pronunciation] “Yard” (noun) is ‘a unit for measuring length, (written abbreviation ‘yd’), which is equal to three feet or 0.9144 metre; (with ‘cube’ or ‘square’) a unit of measuring volume; (in financial markets) used for one billion units of a currency; (on ships or boats) a slender rod or wooden [...]
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previous / next wring ~ ring ~ ring ~ ring [the same pronunciation, as in ‘ring’; the ‘w’ in “wring” is silent] “Wring” (verb ~~~ wring – wrung/wrang – wrung – wringing & the ‘w’ silent) is ‘to take away something from somebody by force, usually twisting or wresting violently or with a lot of effort; [...]
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previous / next wrest ~ rest [the same pronunciation, as in 'rest'; the ‘w’ in “wrest” is silent] “Wrest”, as a verb & the ‘w’ is silent, is ‘to take, pull or jerk something away something from others by twisting violently; to take back power or influence away from someone by force’; as a noun, it [...]
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previous / next wound ~ wound [different pronunciation: the first ‘wound’, which is the past and past participle form of the verb word ‘wind’, rhymes with “round”; and in the second ‘wound’ the ‘ou’ sound rhymes with the ‘oo’ sound in “boot” or “loot”] “Wound” is the past and past participle form of the verb [...]
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previous / next would ~ wood [the same pronunciation, as in ‘wood’; the letters 'oo' in 'wood' rhyme with the letter 'u' in "put"] “Would” (modal auxiliary (helping) verb & the past tense form of the verb word ‘will’) is used to say ‘what somebody wanted to do or expected to happen in the past; [...]
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previous / next worship ~ warship [slightly different first vowel sound] “Worship”, as a verb, is ‘(religious) to show respect, devotion and love for a god or deity by praying or doing some rites in a religious (sacred) place; (non-religious) to show very much love and admiration for someone or something’; as a noun, it is ‘the [...]
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