Choose the incorrect homonym pair:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Dairy – Diary

• Dairy means a place where milk products are made or sold.
• Diary means a book in which you write what happens each day.
• The two words are pronounced differently (dair-ee, dye-uh-ree), so they are not homonyms.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect? Each of these pairs sounds the same, so each is a pair of homonyms.

Option 1: Idle – Idol

• Idle means not working or doing nothing.
• Idol means a statue that is worshipped, or a person whom many people admire.

Option 2: Bridal – Bridle

• Bridal means of a bride or a wedding.
• Bridle means the leather straps put on a horse’s head to control it.

Option 3: Naval – Navel

• Naval means of the navy.
• Navel means the small hollow in the middle of the stomach.