Do you know what CAPITONYMS are?
Capitonyms are words which are spelt the same but have different meaning when one is capitalised:
For example: polish and Polish – “one being to rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean and make it shine” (Cambridge Dictionary): the other is a native of the native of Poland.
Also reading and Reading - one being “the act or skill of getting information from books” (Cambridge Dictionary). The other (for those familiar with English Geography and English football!) is a large town in South East England.
Try also:
august & August/ turkey & Turkey / earth / Earth, and for English scholars amongst us, hamlet / Hamlet
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