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“Muscat” or “Musket”

muscat / musket 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.

muscat m·AH·s·k·ae·t

  • nounany of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes.
  • nouna port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman.
  • nounwine from muscat grapes.
  • nounsweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine.

musket m·AH·s·k·ah·t

  • nouna muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen.
Usage

Examples in context

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“muscat”

  • Manumah is a village in Muscat, in northeastern Oman.
  • …Gulf Cup was held in Muscat, Oman.
  • …in a tussle with Kevin Muscat; leading the Football Association reported…
  • Muscat, Oman
  • Muscat (Embassy)
  • …Chittagong, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat from DWC.
  • …flies is from Dubai to Muscat (349 km or 217 miles)…
  • …Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, Selsdon and Steinhausen, and did…
  • Category:Populated places in the Muscat Governorate
  • Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of…

“musket”

  • …an owl perched on Davis's musket.
  • Both men and women made musket cartridges and butchered and preserved…
  • …training incorporated new rifle and musket technology and accommodated transportation advances…
  • …a guinea to purchase a musket for the Defenders, and Peep…
  • …directed over fifteen minutes of musket fire, then charged cutting Cunningham…
  • …"The Minute Man" with a musket in one hand and the…
  • Charleville musket
  • …Weissert was wounded by a musket ball in the leg just…
  • …American forces exchanged cannon and musket fire.

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