Well, 'divers' is an old-fashioned word, I think, and according to my dictionary they are different. Or rather, 'diverse' is 'different', while 'divers' is just 'several'.

Thank you very much Mister Micawber

Mr. M -- is "divers" (adj.) just an alternate spelling of "diverse," or is there a significant difference between them?

This is not a bad one: BASS BOW BUFFET CLOSE CONVERSE DESERT DIVERS DOES DOVE ENTRANCE INTIMATE INVALID LAME LEAD MINUTE OBJECT POLISH PRESENT PROJECT PUTTING REFUSE RESIGN RESUME ROW SEWER SHOWER

Hello The other day I was talking to a friend of mine, and he started talking about words that have the same spell, but different pronunciation, the Homographs. Then I realized that I didn't know much about it, so I'm here to ask you if

Emglish is riddled with homographs. Do other languages such as Spanish or French have as many? What are the proportions?

"RonB" English is tough stuff Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation.(SNIP) This rhyme's a crime: Move your stove without a glove And get too close you'll lose your nose. The homographs I've put above, The

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What is the difference between a homonym, homophone, and a homograph?

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