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“Heroin” or “Heroine”

heroin / heroine 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.

heroin hh·EH·r·ow·ah·n

  • nouna narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush.

heroine hh·EH·r·ow·ah·n

  • nounthe main good female character in a work of fiction.
  • nouna woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds.
Usage

Examples in context

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“heroin”

  • …songs from the album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack.
  • …Scorcese who supplies her with heroin in exchange for sexual favors.
  • …former Belarusian/Russian mob boss and heroin trafficker, who operated out of…
  • …player, who died of a heroin overdose when James was nine.
  • …21 he was addicted to heroin.
  • It's about heroin and also about a girl".
  • …suggesting that her mother used heroin during the pregnancy.
  • …her, but Williams's drinking and heroin abuse forced the couple to…
  • …gives him a vial of heroin to remember her by ("Naolia's
  • …that Love admitted to using heroin even after learning of her

“heroine”

  • …Love Club EP and Pure Heroine.
  • Arya – heroine and her father exchange characters…
  • …strives for the poor (when heroine is not beside him).
  • …in an innovative screenplay: my heroine is still a crazy head,…
  • Bommarillu – heroine saying to a bull that…
  • …called her the "video game heroine" of July 2018, calling her…
  • …City" as a new female heroine.
  • …June 28, 1866) was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of
  • …social mores, making the eponymous heroine a transsexual waging a "war…
  • …e Romeo and the title heroine in Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Margherita d'Anjou…

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