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foul (FOUL) (adjective)
1. Rotten, contaminated, or dirty: Sally asked, "Have you ever noticed how badly the foul eggs can smell when they have been around too long?"
2. Unfavorable; contrary to the rules of a competition or sport: Charles has a reputation for being a foul player.
2. Unfavorable; contrary to the rules of a competition or sport: Charles has a reputation for being a foul player.
The player committed a foul play when he tripped the other soccer player.
After Bill was suspended from the football game, he was asked why he committed a foul play so often, in fact at the beginning of just about every new game.
fowl (FOUL) (noun)
Birds collectively; a large edible bird; such as, a chicken, a turkey, a duck, etc.: The Bradley family roasted a fowl for their Thanksgiving meal.
No matter what you say, a stinking chicken is still a foul fowl.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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