I heard a commercial the other day where they mention that the sayings "slim chance" and "fat chance" mean the same thing but "wise guy" and "wise man" have two different meanings. I never really thought of it but there are many words that have different meanings depending on how they are used and most are called Homonyms:
hom·o·nym (hm-nm, hm-)
n.
1. One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).
2.
a. A word used to designate several different things.
b. A namesake.
3. Biology A taxonomic name identical to one previously applied to a different species or genus and therefore unacceptable in its new use.
Happy Friday,
Dale
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