Two Words Again: Opposite Meanings
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
October 6, 2016 3:12pm CST
Oftentimes, we come across two words that mean just the opposite. I was reading an article about the neighborhoods in New York City. The article was explaining how New York City was a sort of “melting pot” of people from various cultures and backgrounds.
The article said that “New York is known for its HETEROGENEOUS mix of ethnic neighborhoods.” Heterogeneous means “dissimilar” or “not alike.”
In other words, neighborhoods often attract persons who are of the same background, but live in a BIG city that attracts all backgrounds of people.
The opposite word is homogeneous, which means “of the same kind.”
So in New York City, as in many other cities, there are homogeneous neighborhoods in a heterogeneous city. I found this to be interesting.
I thought these two words were worth mentioning.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
7 Oct 16
I'm glad you like them. I'm learning as I go. I think that everyone should work at increasing their vocabulary. There are so many words to learn. I've been helping my great grandson with his schoolwork and yesterday I had him again all day. He is home schooled and I usually have him on Thursdays so that his grandmother, my daughter, can take care of her errands. He's 13 years old.
So, we spent the entire morning on vocabulary words that he had been assigned.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
7 Oct 16
@JudyEv Yes, crossword puzzles are very good for building your vocabulary.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Oct 16
@IreneVincent My mother had to leave school early and she always maintained that doing crosswords helped improve her vocabulary. I've just always been interested in words and their shades of meaning. .
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
6 Oct 16
All cities seem to have neighbourhoods. I suppose people seek out their culture and it forms naturally. In my area it is such a mixture. I guess people of New York are all from different backgrounds but all end being New Yorkers? - unless you are from New Jersy.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
7 Oct 16
Yes, many persons who WORK in New York City, LIVE in New Jersey. I would not like that arrangement of having to commute to work every day, but MANY people who live and work in BIG cities do that.
