A Few Homonyms and Oddities
I recently came across some examples of homonyms and oddities of English language that caught my attention while editing work memos. Nothing revolutionary here, just a few curiosities I enjoyed stumbling across, but still worth a quick mention since they don’t seem to appear outside a few niche forum discussions.
Gleam vs. Glean: At first glance, “gleam” and “glean” look like they should be related. “Gleam” refers to something shiny or bright e.g., sunlight “gleams” off a lake. “Glean”, on the other hand, is about slowly gathering or extracting information e.g., to “glean” insights from data.