Hoe uit te spreken coarse vs course

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Homophones (⁄kɔːrs⁄): ‘coarse’ means rough or unrefined, whereas ‘course’ refers to a direction, class, or meal stage.

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COARSE

Definitie:

With a rough texture; not smooth.

“Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn.”

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course

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COURSE

Definitie:

A sequence of events.

“The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.”

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Difference between coarse and course?

Homophones (⁄kɔːrs⁄): ‘coarse’ means rough or unrefined, whereas ‘course’ refers to a direction, class, or meal stage.

Syllable stress in coarse vs course?

"coarse" has 1 syllables (coarse). "course" has 1 syllables (course).

Why are coarse and course easily confused?

Homophones: identical ⁄kɔːrs⁄

Example sentences for coarse and course?

"coarse": Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn. "course": The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.