Each word in column A below can be matched with a word or phrase in Column B according to a certain relationship between the words. The words and phrases in Column B are in random order. Can you determine the relationship and pair up the words?
Column A Column B
1. METAL TWIST
2. INJURY MORE DEADENED
3. SWINE CHANNEL
4. PLUNGED COILED
5. BREEZE PLANT
6. STITCHER GUIDE
7. DIGIT PEACE SYMBOL
HINT:
Here are the paired-up words. Can you determine their relationship?
1. METAL - GUIDE
2. INJURY - COILED
3. SWINE - PLANT
4. PLUNGED - PEACE SYMBOL
5. BREEZE - TWIST
6. STITCHER - CHANNEL
7. DIGIT - MORE DEADENED
Answers:
Each word in Column A can be defined by a heteronym - a word that has two distinct pronunciations and definitions . One of those definitions appears in Column A. The other definition of that heteronym appears as its match in Column B:
1. METAL - Lead (short e) and lead (long e) - GUIDE
2. INJURY - Wound (bullet wound) and wound - as a spring - COILED
3. SWINE - SOW (female pig) - SOW (to scatter seed) - PLANT
4. PLUNGED - dove (past tense of dive) - dove (the bird) - PEACE SYMBOL
5. BREEZE - wind (moving air) - wind (as a hair braid) - TWIST
6. STITCHER - Sewer (needle and thread) - underground pipe - CHANNEL
7. DIGIT - Number (1, 2, 3) - number (less feeling) - MORE DEADENED
Credit: GAMES Magazine
July, 1983
Vicky Gehrt (adapted)
Artemis D'Orsay Mary Jane Review
8 months ago
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