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stair (STAIR) (noun)
One step of a flight or series of steps: "Each stair on the long staircase was painted with a different pattern."
stare (STAIR) (verb)
1. To look directly and fixedly, often with a wide-eyed gaze; to look intently: "The view was breathtaking and all I could do was to stare in wonder."
2. To be conspicuous; to stand out: "According to my mother, who was a teacher, split infinitives would simply leap off the page and stare her in the face."
2. To be conspicuous; to stand out: "According to my mother, who was a teacher, split infinitives would simply leap off the page and stare her in the face."
Please don't stare at me as I limp up one stair at a time, because I hurt my foot this morning.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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