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What is the name of the phenomenon in which you confuse a noun with one of its verb tenses? (Example below.) (self.english)

submitted 9 months ago by favrion to c/[email protected]

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For example, if you say that "feed" isn't a real word because there is a better way to say "issued someone a fee," but the real word is "feed" as in "to provide with nourishment," what would that error in judgment be called?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think you're essentially confusing homonyms (or forgetting one of them). A homonym is "One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept)."

Also, it's kind of funny that "feed" as in "issued someone a fee" isn't an accepted word when "fine" is (which is also a homonym :)