Difference in meaning between each pair of words (Mostly Homonyms)

Question 1

isle

Answer 1

a small island

Uncle Mark is from the Isle of Man.

Question 2

aisle

Answer 2

a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theatre, classroom, airplane or the like.
idiom: in the aisles = (of an audience) convulsed with laughter
Kim will walk down the aisle in May. (i.e. get married)

Question 3

aisle

Answer 3

a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theatre, classroom, airplane or the like.

Question 4

bale

Answer 4

noun: a large bundle of paper, straw, goods etc pressed together and tied with rope or wire ready to be moved, sold, etc: bays of hay.
The cloth was packed in bales.

Question 5

bail

Answer 5

1. money paid by or for a person accused of a crime, as security that he will return for his trial if he is allowed to go free until then.
   go / stand bail for somebody: give bail to secure somebody’s freedom.
   jump bail
   out on bail: free after payment of bail: The accused was released on bail pending trial.

Question 6

bail

Answer 6

bail something out: throw water out of a boat with buckets, etc.
The boat will sink unless we bail out.
Bail out (of something): jump out using a parachute from an aircraft that is damaged or out of control.

Question 7

bare

Answer 7

without clothing: bare legs, bare to the waist, i.e. wearing no clothes above the waist.

Question 8

bare

Answer 8

without covering or usual protection: bare floor, i.e. without carpets, rugs, etc
with his head bare: not wearing a hat
with one’s bare hands: without tools or weapons

Question 9

bare

Answer 9

empty or almost empty (of the expected contents): a room bare of furniture / a larder bare of food / bare shelves

Question 10

bare

Answer 10

only just sufficient / enough: bare necessities of life, i.e. things needed merely to stay alive.
lay something bare: expose or make known something secret or hidden: lay bare the truth, somebody’s treachery, a plot.

Question 11

bear

Answer 11

1. a large heavy animal with thick fur: polar bear / grizzly bear

Question 12

bear

Answer 12

rough or ill-mannered person

Question 13

bear

Answer 13

to show something; carry visibly; display

This document bears his signature.

Question 14

bear

Answer 14

support / sustain something: The ice to too thin to bear your weight.
Do the bride’s parents have to bear the cost of the wedding?
The President has to bear the blame.

Question 15

core

Answer 15

1.(usually hard) centre of such fruits as the apple and pear, containing the seeds.
2. the central part of a magnet, earth, nuclear reactor
3. the most important part of something
Let’s get to the core of the argument.
idiom: to the core means right to the centre… rotten to the core, i.e. completely bad.

Question 16

corps

Answer 16

military force made up of two or more divisions: the Royal Army Medical Corps
the 6th Army Corps

Question 17

wounded

Answer 17

the wounded: wounded people: The hospital was full of the sick and wounded.
Many of the wounded died on their way to the hospital.
Note: Wound and injure both indicate damage to the body. A perosn is wounded by a sharp instrument or bullet tearing the flesh. It is a deliberate actin, often connected with battles and war.

Question 18

injured

Answer 18

1. wounded; hurt: an injured man
2. treated unfairly; wrongly: the injured party, ie. the person who has been wronged.
3. offended: an injured look, voice;
4. People injured in an accident, e.g. with a machine or in a sport.
   In the coach / bus crash, 10 people died and 18 were seriously injured.