{"id":8041,"date":"2023-05-21T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T11:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthguideline.net\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2023-05-21T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T11:46:51","slug":"heel-vs-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthguideline.net\/2023\/05\/heel-vs-heal.html","title":{"rendered":"Heel vs Heal – The Meanings With Differences Between Both"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are numerous pairs of words in English that have precisely identical pronunciations but different meanings. These pairs are called homonyms. These pairs of words can confuse the listeners because they might think of another word of the set once the speaker means yet another. That is the difficulty between the heel and heal that have the same pronunciation but different meanings. We are going to discuss it with examples as today’s topic is heel vs heal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Does Each Word Derive From?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Heel”<\/strong> originates from the Old English’ hela<\/em>‘. ‘Hela<\/em>‘ derives from the Proto Germanic’ hanhilon<\/em>,’ which arises from the word ‘kenk<\/em>‘ meaning ‘heel, bend of the knee<\/em>.’ The word is being used as a verb to express ‘attaching a heel to something<\/em>‘ since about 1600 and as a ‘call for a dog to stay by a person’s heels<\/em>‘ since 1810.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Heal” <\/strong>originates from Old English’ h\u00e6lan<\/em>‘ meaning ‘cure; save; make whole, sound and well<\/em>. ‘H\u00e6lan’ arises from the Proto Germanic’ hailjan<\/em>,’ which accurately translates into ‘make whole<\/em>‘ and comes from the word ‘kailo<\/em>‘ meaning ‘whole<\/em>.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Heel” is a Noun. The rear portion of the foot is also known as the heel. Achilles<\/a>‘ heel is the most famous term to keep the significance of this word in our mind. Its word can be used to indicate the weakness or shortcoming of a warrior to damage him, so he does not heal easily or quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Heel” can also be part of a shoe on its rear and one which gets the shoe stand over the ground surface. The word has become so common that the back portion of our socks and stockings are also known as heels. Let’s make it more transparent with some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n