( Rout is also a homophone of route when pronounced as \ROWT\). There is also the closely spelled rout that is occasionally mixed-up with both root and route. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently such being the case, root and route are sometimes confused in writing. In addition, root is a homophone of route (which can be pronounced \ROOT\ or \ROWT\). Homographs are words that are spelled alike but are different in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation-and generally they have their own entries in standard dictionaries. Uses of the verb root illustrated in the introduction belong to different homographs of the word. Constance Lindsay Skinner, The Tiger Who Walks Alone, 1927 Homophones and Homographs In the yard below the garden, just outside the palm fence at the back, a score of pigs and chickens rooted and pecked. Sports fans have something in common with plants and farm animals-they all "root." Sports fans root for their team (and sometimes remain rooted to their seats in shock after their team just got routed) plants root in soil pigs root-that is, dig with their snouts-for food (this root is applied to other animals, snouted or snoutless, as well-like chickens). There is also the word rout, meaning “defeat,” and is both a noun and verb pronounced \ROWT. Rather than supporting Ukraine's reforms and working to root out corruption, corrupt actors within the prosecutor general's office are making things worse by openly and aggressively undermining reform.There are four distinct words spelled root in the dictionary, beginning with the noun meaning “the anchoring part of a plant” and its related verb meaning “to grow and develop roots.” Another is the verb meaning “to turn up or dig in the earth” or “to poke or dig about.” Finally, root can be used to mean “to cheer” or “to wish the success of something.” Route is a noun meaning “a road or highway” or “a course or line of travel” and a verb meaning “to send or direct to a specific path.” Both of these words can be pronounced either \ROOT\ or \ROWT.
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old. We will not allow these killers to have a safe haven. With allies and partners, the United States will be relentless to those who target our citizens, we will continue to root out terrorist networks. Issuing the first BitLicense is an important milestone in the long-term development of the virtual currency industry, putting in place rules of the road that help protect consumers from loss or theft and root out illicit activity is vital to building trust in this new financial technology. Rodriguez told Johnson’s committee that it was a mistake for his agency’s San Bernardino office to refuse entry to ICE investigators. 3 incident, USCIS agents were investigating Marquez for marriage fraud, stemming from his 2014 union with Mariya Chernykh, a Russian national married to Farook’s brother. Federal law expressly protects federal employees who provide information to Congress. But I certainly will not stand for it, and I certainly don’t think this committee will stand for any retribution against those who had the courage to come forward to reveal this incident. It is really quite shocking how often the federal government retaliates. The federal government has a very poor record of retaliation, we’ve held numerous hearings about this. Ron Johnson believes the whistleblowers could face retribution for the revelation. Instead of trying to improve communications, Ron Johnson said, it appears ICE and its parent agency, DHS, are trying to root out Ron Johnson source.
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