Homographs & Heteronyms, 2

These types of words may contribute to making English a challenging language to learn for some individuals.

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• He could lead if he would get the lead out.
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
• A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
• Upon seeing the tear in the painting she shed a tear.
• A row erupted when the row of paintings was uncovered and two patrons wanted the same painting.
• It was my task to subject the subject to a series of tests.
• How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Homographs: words spelled the same but with more than one meaning

Heteronyms: Homographs that are pronounced differently