In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HOMOPHONES
Noun
homophones
plural of homophone
Source: Wiktionary
HOMOPHONE
Hom"o*phone, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.
2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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