Example of Accentual or Tonic Paronyms

Paronyms are those words that have a strong phonetic or etymological resemblance to other words, but that have a different meaning from each other.

exist accent or tonic paronyms that they are words that are written and heard in a similar way but that their meaning differs from each other by the place where they carry the stressed syllable.

The place where the check mark is placed is the way in which the accent or tonic paronyms, since depending on it the verb form can be altered.

Examples of accent or tonic paronyms:

• Coat (garment) - coat (south wind)
• Amago (from the verb amagar) - amago (substance produced by bees)
• Nickname (name that replaces own) - nickname (lacking feet)
• Artery (vessel that carries blood in the body) - artery (cunning)
• Miser (who accumulates money) - miser (belonging to an Asian people)
• Baccarat (card game) - bacara (ground)
• Bed (sleeping furniture) - camá (wild pigeon)
• Meat (part of the human or animal body) - card (document)
• Cobre (metal) - cobré (from the verb to charge)
• Corto (short adjective, present of the verb to cut) - cut (past of the verb to cut)
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• Deposit (something kept in custody) - deposited (from the verb deposit)
• Ésta (demonstrative pronoun) - está (from the verb estar)
• Papa (tuber, highest authority of the Church) - papa (father of the family)
• Sabana (bedding) - sabana (extensive plain)
• Sabia (person with great knowledge) - knew (from the verb to know)
• Secretary (person in charge of a certain job) - secretary (government position, workplace)
• Term (definite time) - term (from the verb to finish)