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“Magnate” or “Magnet”

magnate / magnet 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.

Definitions

What each term means

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

magnate m·AE·g·n·ah·t

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

magnet m·AE·g·n·ah·t

  • noun(physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field.
Usage

Examples in context

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“magnate”

  • of Valois was a powerful magnate in his own right, a
  • a Polish noble (szlachcic) and magnate.
  • Bob Murray, kitchen & bathroom magnate and former chairman of Sunderland
  • with fine dining at a magnate court, eventually became part of
  • daughter of the wealthy mining magnate James Graham Fair.
  • Crawford), New York City shipping magnate Richard Field (Otto Kruger) asks
  • Robert R. Young, a railroad magnate who also owned the American
  • Che-woo, real estate and hospitality magnate, Hong Kong billionaire, once the
  • owned huge estates, including business magnate Nicholas Frederic Brady, who built
  • In 1965, seafood magnate and steam locomotive enthusiast F.

“magnet”

  • US 186,787—Electric Telegraphy (permanent magnet receiver)—Alexander Graham Bell
  • Texas Independent School District operates magnet schools that serve the community.
  • Marianne Faithfull, The Frogs, Monster Magnet, Sleeping at Last, The Smashing
  • that induced current in an electromagnet wound around a permanent magnet,
  • voice coil and Alnico V magnet.
  • the field of a permanent magnet or vice versa.
  • trial has been a social-media magnet.
  • but with an Alnico V magnet and a four-inch voice coil.
  • the mid-15th century) and a magnet for pilgrims from all over
  • introduced with improved crossovers, ceramic magnet woofers, updated midrange drivers, and

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