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previous / next worm ~ warm [slightly different vowel sound: the ‘o’ in ‘worm’ rhymes with the ‘ir’ in “girl” or the ‘or’ in “world; the ‘a’ in ‘warm’ rhymes with the ‘oo’ in “door”] “Worm”, as a noun, is ‘a long thin soft bodied animal without bones, legs and wings that live in the soil, water [...]
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previous / next wonder (ed) ~ wander (ed) [slightly different first vowel sound: the ‘o’ in ‘wonder’ rhymes with ‘u’ in “but” (strong); the ‘a’ in ‘wander’ rhymes with the ‘a’ in “want”] “Wonder”, as a verb, is ‘to think about something or someone that one is not sure about, but try to guess; to feel [...]
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previous / next wire ~ wire [the same pronunciation that rhymes with “fire”] “Wire”, as a noun, is ‘a thin long round metal string (thread) that is used for binding things or making fences and meshes; a thin long metal string that is used for carrying electrical power or signals;{ mostly American} a telegram’; and as [...]
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previous / next wind ~ wind [different vowel sound: the first ‘wind’ rhymes with the adjective word “tinned”; the second ‘wind’ rhymes with “bind”] “Wind”, as a noun, is ‘the quick and strong movement (current) of air; the act of hearing or finding out about something secret, usually by the news reporters; the air or gas [...]
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previous / next will ~ will ~ we‘ll [‘will’ and ‘will’ have the same pronunciation; ‘we’ll’ has a slightly different middle sound] “Will” (noun & legal) is ‘a legal document a rich person prepares, when alive, in regard to his/her property — what items of the property to be given to whom, after his/her death, or [...]
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previous / next who’s ~ whose [the same pronunciation, as in ‘whose’ that rhymes with “lose”] “Who’s” is ‘the short form of ‘who is’ or ‘who has’ depending on the context’, e.g. Who’s there? = Who is there? Who’s done this? = Who has done this? ____________________ “Whose” (determiner & relative pronoun) is used ‘to ask which person, persons or thing/things a particular [...]
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previous / next whole ~ hole [the same pronunciation] “Whole”, as an adjective, means ‘all of something; not divided up into parts; not broken, damaged or defective; entire, complete; (of mathematics) not mixed or fractional; in good health’; as an adverb, it means ‘completely, absolutely’; as a noun, it is ‘a thing complete in itself, the entire amount or [...]
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previous / next wet ~ whet [the same pronunciation, as in wet that rhymes with “let”] “Wet”, as an adjective, means ‘(of a person or thing & the opposite word in meaning is ‘dry’) covered with water or other liquid; (of the weather) rainy; (of a place or thing) full of water in or around; weak [...]
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previous / next well ~ well ~ we’ll [‘well’ and ‘well’ have the same pronunciation; “we’ll” has a slightly different vowel sound] “Well” (noun) is ‘a deep hole in the ground from which people take (draw) underground water; a flow of water from the ground; natural pool of water; a deep hole dug in the ground [...]
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previous / next weave ~ weave [the same pronunciation] “Weave”, as a verb ~~~ weave – wove – woven – weaving , is ‘to make a cloth, carpet, basket, (hair on the head), etc. by crossing long narrow pieces of threads or reeds (or strands of hair) under and over each other – interlaced — (the [...]
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