Compare the word strand and sprang. how are they alike? how are they alike

There are two definitions one sprang:

Strand has many different meanings. For the basic comparison with sprang let's list two of them:

We can observe that as a noun the words have got almost the similar meanings although they differ with regards to their physical attributes.

Both words sound very similar and could work very easily as half-rhymes, although they have different meanings.

Explanation:

"Strand" means "shore" and/or "string" as a noun, but also "to fail" as a verb. This is totally different than "Sprang", which means the past tense for "spring" as a verb, but also "fountain" as a modal verb and/or adjective. This is why both words have very different meanings, although their pronunciation is very similar.

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