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“Hart” or “Heart”

hart / heart are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

hart hh·AA·r·t

  • nounUnited States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
  • nounUnited States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943).
  • nouna male deer, especially an adult male red deer.

heart hh·AA·r·t

  • nounthe locus of feelings and intuitions.
  • nounthe hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
  • nounthe courage to carry on.
  • nounan inclination or tendency of a certain kind.
  • nouna plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines.
  • nouna firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal).
  • nouna playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it.
Usage

Examples in context

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“hart”

  • …1925, against Spurs at White Hart Lane.
  • Ossian Bingley Hart (January 17, 1821 – March…
  • Richard Hart Brown (June 15, 1941 –…
  • Although Brown caught Hart's foot from an attempted kick,…
  • In 1845, Hart became Florida State Representative for…
  • …biplane fighters and 5 Hawker Hart biplane bombers.
  • Reginald Keith Hart – for services to the…
  • Despite his upbringing, Hart was a Republican and openly…
  • …a brief fight between Owen Hart and Mark Henry, D'Lo Brown…
  • Born in Jacksonville to Isaiah Hart, one of the city's founders,…

“heart”

  • …observers as being at the heart of Northern Ireland's equivalent of…
  • One From the Heart (1982)
  • …tools and education in the heart of Baltimore.
  • Time (Clock of the Heart)
  • …downtown movie theater named "The Heart Theater."
  • …shaking legs and a pounding heart," he said.
  • and Sacred Heart.
  • …in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
  • Heart of Midlothian.
  • …is decorated with a purple heart and the queen's cypher.

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