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“Roots” or “Routes”

Overview

roots / routes 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

roots: (noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.

routes: (verb) send documents or materials to appropriate destinations. (verb) send via a specific route. (verb) divert in a specified direction.

Pronunciation

roots: r·UW·t·s

routes: r·UW·t·s

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Examples in Context

Examples of “roots”

  • a Christmas tree, with its roots placed in a jar, and
  • and plant fibres, moss and roots, and is fixed into vegetation
  • moved the discipline beyond its roots in High Modernism.
  • Acorns and Bitter Roots: Starch Grain Research in the
  • the history of theatre: The roots of drama and comedy were
  • fourth Vaya Con Dios album: Roots and Wings, from which yet
  • Hermann Graßmann – Roots and Traces.
  • Roots
  • Similar roots are found in place names
  • Corruption in Mexico has its roots in colonial times.

Examples of “routes”

  • available along almost all major routes; however, a large number of
  • North Sea and Irish Sea routes but have now moved away
  • are already used on domestic routes and using the A380 on
  • Routes
  • to Summit, Utah, and Illinois routes 32 and 33 also run
  • harpoon heads to track the routes taken by Thule people.
  • Careful planning of routes (to avoid running into walls)
  • California State Routes
  • or streetcars and these bus routes at curbside stops:
  • planes, and toward more non-stop routes that could be served by


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