Hypertension/hypotension (in some British pronunciations).


Originally Posted By: DavidLaurence
Another category of homophonic antonymns would be phrases, clauses or sentences that sound alike but have quite different or even opposite meanings. One that my wife used the other day without realising it was: "my back's seizing up" which sounds almost the same as "my back's easing up"

The cricket captain expected his batsmen to be bold/The cricket captain expected his batsmen to be bowled.

She likes being chaste/She likes being chased.

I know some strong people throughout the government/I know some strong people threw out the government.