breath /breθ/ -- noun: air that is drawn in and out. breathe /briːð/ -- verb: th... | Hacker News

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lproven on Aug 4, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: A beetle that heads for the ‘back door’ when eaten...

breath /breθ/ -- noun: air that is drawn in and out.

breathe /briːð/ -- verb: the act of inhaling and exhaling for the purposes of respiration.

They are not the same word and they do not sound the same.

bmitc on Aug 5, 2023 [–]

typo noun ty· po ˈtī-(ˌ)pō plural typos : an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material

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