Can you name the homonyms?

created by HenryFieldstone

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Homonym: a word that has the same pronunciation and spelling as another word, but a different meaning.
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Definition 1	Word	Definition 2
A financial institution		The edge of a river
Difficult or challenging		Not soft
A monarch, emperor, potentate		Tool for measuring length
To strike repeatedly with great force		16 ounces
A command or a mandate		Succession or sequence
Not right		That which is remaining
Quick or speedy		To abstain from food
A layer of paint		A jacket or outer garment
To fall, drop, or descend; to not float		A kitchen basin
Not up		Soft pillow filler
A web-footed swimming bird		To avoid, evade, or dodge
Reporters or newspapers		To bear down or squeeze
To make ready or prepare		A man being married
To cease to sleep		A ship's trail
To run away quickly, much like Usain		Often paired with a nut
A round bouncy toy		Cinderella's party
An assignment or station		An upright support, stake
10th place out of ten		To endure
To adhere, affix, or cling to		A part of a branch from a tree
To stumble		A vacation

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Homonyms Quiz

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Created by: HenryFieldstone -
Published: August 31st, 2009
Category: Language
Plays: 152,516

Tags: Definition Quizzes, homonym

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	gracie:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 04:24 GMT	2 points
	less time would be ok - as you can see from the results, this was a fairly easy quiz.

	JohnJF:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 04:26 GMT	35 points
	An extremely easy quiz, though since this is one of the first Sporcle language quizzes ever that didn't completely demoralize me, I can't complain.

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	gamer2000:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 04:42 GMT	1 point
	Possibly the first time I got 'em all on the first try. I'm with JohnJF among the often demoralized.

	ElDavo:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 05:03 GMT	5 points
	All I have to say is that this is a good quiz.

	Golem:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	5 points
	It's nice to finally see a quiz that doesn't make me bang my head in frustration. Good show!

	danzam:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 05:39 GMT	23 points
	fembots shoot guards to death with their robot nipples Very impressive number 2. I like to see girls of that "caliber". laughs By caliber I mean both the size of their gun barrels and the high quality of their character. There's a duel meaning. It's a homonym.......... forget it.

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	ElUniversal:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 06:27 GMT	0 points
	14/20...pretty bad considering most people got better results, but then again, english isn't my first language

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	ChestRockwell:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 07:12 GMT	3 points
	Wow the last thing in my mind was Bolt. What an idiot!

	raisingfear101:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 07:28 GMT	12 points
	@bostoncane: No. Synonyms are happy/glad, afraid/scared.

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	Kicking222:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 08:05 GMT	8 points
	Here's the only problem with these quizzes: If I don't get a perfect score (and I missed two on this one), for every unanswered clue, I say to myself, "My god, how could I have been so dumb? How did I miss that?!" While most Sporcle quizzes let me reaffirm my intelligence, these make me question it. (Not to say this was a bad quiz- indeed, it's a fine game.)

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	Nolij:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 09:35 GMT	8 points
	I loved the quiz, but I think some of the clues made the answers a bit too obvious.

	LoveShack:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 09:39 GMT	19 points
	11.6% of people didn't get the answer to the clue "Not right". Did they just type 'wrong' and then give up?

	alexhaz64:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 10:00 GMT	2 points
	it took me way to long to realize why they put the name "Usain" in that clue... I also got lucky with a few answers, but overall not the hardest quiz...

	rockgolf:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 11:13 GMT	11 points
	I would have liked to struggle a little harder on some of the clues. "Not up" was the best you could do for "Down"? How about "Elevator button", "In the dumps", "Half of all crossword clues"? And instead of "Not soft" for Hard, how about "Stone-like" or "Like some cider or liquors"? Clues like that these don't meet the Sporcle slogan of "Mentally stimulating". When half the players get 90% or more, the quiz is aiming too low. But I loved the "Usain" clue.

	redsxfenway:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 11:14 GMT	1 point
	Love the Usain Bolt clue.

	Alecto:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 11:33 GMT	2 points
	I enjoyed this, but I agree with some of the comments, the clues should have been more taxing. I enjoyed the more cryptic ones :)

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	RobH:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 12:21 GMT	6 points
	Nice easy quiz for a "Financial Institution" Holiday Monday.

	minor9th:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 12:39 GMT	3 points
	I think some harder ones could have been in there to mix it up a bit. But nice idea...

	darthplaydoh:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:01 GMT	2 points
	@hamburger: a poll doesn't support weight; that's a pole. Otherwise, yeah. Oh, and I can't be the only one who doesn't know who Usain is, can I?

	Jenzy:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:05 GMT	6 points
	*Banging head on wall for the 4 that I missed* disgusted with myself :(

	RobH:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:15 GMT	11 points
	@darthplaydoh: I think you must've blinked at the wrong moment.

	cobalt:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:24 GMT	2 points
	only for one of these did i need to look at the second definition...was expecting something a little trickier.

	BigThing:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:27 GMT	4 points
	I loved this quiz. But if I may nitpick for a second, the nomer "Definition" doesn't really apply to a lot of these clues (such as 'not up' and 'often paired with a nut'). "Description" seems better.

	thisisaname:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:40 GMT	1 point
	I like the reference to Usain Bolt -- very clever. On the other hand, some of the clues could have been better. For example, "trip" =/= "vacation". (Unless, of course, my suspicion about what people do on their "business trips" is entirely correct.)

	The_Snakes:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 13:42 GMT	0 points
	Easiest quiz in Sporcle history.

	GrooGruxKing:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	1 point
	I still didn't understand the Usain part of the clue until reading it in the clues. I thought Usain was some sort of Greek mythology or an Author or something like that which I know nothing about. If only I were to say "Usain" out loud...

	Iceberg:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 14:30 GMT	3 points
	Does "coat" really count? Granted they are different things, but they come from the same basic meaning: something that covers over something else.

	Chiaprofessor:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 14:46 GMT	3 points
	@Bostoncane: 'synonyms' mean the same thing; 'homonyms' are the same word, with different meanings, read the instructions.

	rockgolf:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 15:15 GMT	1 point
	@Chianerd & Bostoncane: I've actually submitted a quiz to help everyone keep these straight. It might appear later today. It may not show up for months. It may never appear. All up to the Sporcle gods.

	facef:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 15:40 GMT	5 points
	to avoid, evade or dodge - I immediately thought of the 5 D's of dodgeball, dodge DUCK dip dive and dodge. useful.

	numbersjim:	Aug 31st, 2009 at 16:27 GMT	-1 points
	Homonyms have DIFFERENT spellings! (e.g. Their , There, They're)