YOU CAN HAVE IT BOTH WAYS

The answers to 1 and 2 below are different, but they are related in a certain way.

1. What do the following pairs of words have in common?

CASH - BROOM

PLIGHT - LAM

STRIP - TUMBLE

OUR - START

CLAUSE - IDEA

2. What do the following words have in common?

FAST (as in not eating)

LAUGHTER

FIEND

HE

HERE

HINTS:

1. The answer involves taking a single letter away from one of the words in each pair and adding it to the other word.

2. The answer involves adding a single, different, letter to each word.

Answers:

1. Trading a letter from one word to its partner creates two synonyms.

CRASH - BOOM

LIGHT - LAMP

TRIP - STUMBLE

SOUR - TART

CAUSE - IDEAL

2. Adding a single letter to each word will change it to its antonym.

FAST - FEAST

LAUGHTER - SLAUGHTER

FIEND - FRIEND

HE - SHE

HERE - THERE