“She mistook prince for prints.”
Homophones Entry 1583 / 1605 60-second read
Prince vs. Prints
Royalty versus impressions.
The comparisoni
“She mistook prince for prints — they sound alike but mean different things: Royalty versus impressions.”
The ruleii
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PRINCE ≠ PRINTS.
Prince and Prints are homophones — pronounced the same. Royalty versus impressions. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
PRINCE vs PRINTS — same sound, different meaning.