User:Jnestorius/English false cognates


 * Pure
 * agitated ‑ agita
 * bat "club" ‑ beat
 * boil - broil
 * brothel ‑ bordello
 * clip "cut" - "fasten"
 * cowed - cowered - coward
 * demiurge - demi- or urge
 * devil ‑ evil
 * discomfit ‑ discomfort
 * emoji ‑ emotion
 * female - male / feminine -
 * fjord - ford
 * habit - habiliment
 * isle ‑ island (added "s" in both from insula unrelated to either)
 * less - -less
 * load - laden
 * march "walk" ‑ marshal ‑ martial
 * meal "food" ‑ meal "grain"
 * money - monetary - remunerate
 * pen "writing implement" ‑ pencil
 * policy "principle" ‑ policy "document"
 * rage ‑ outrage
 * river ‑ rivulet
 * rosemary - rose
 * rough ‑ ruffian
 * round ‑ surround
 * sock ‑ stocking
 * sorry ‑ sorrow
 * solid - stolid
 * trifle ‑ trivial


 * Folk etymology:
 * compound "enclosure" ‑ compound "aggregate"

pun

 * discard (bridge) - card
 * outcast caste outcaste