boar — bore
[the same pronunciation]
This paper cutting from a reputed newspaper shows us how these words are confused! In the following sentence the word “bores” must be ‘boars’ which means ‘(male) pigs’: “Squads to chase away panthers… He said it was found that the panthers were straying in search of wild bores, stray cattle and dogs which gather…”
a wild boar
“Boar” (noun; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
is ‘a male pig (wild or domestic)’,
e.g.
The hunter shot two wild boar.
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a bore (a boring lecturer)
“Bore” (for the right pronunciation, please click here) as a noun is
(a) ‘a round hole made in the ground by drilling, usually for water, oil, etc.’;
(b) ‘a person who makes other people lose interest in him/her by silly or long talk’;
(c) ‘a large wave along a river’;
and as a verb, it is
boring a hole in a wood block
(a) ‘the past form of bear —- bear – bore – born/borne;
(b) ‘to make a round, deep hole in the ground’;
(c) ‘to make other feel uninterested or dull by silly or long talk –– bore – bored – bored’,
e.g.
The Water Works Department dug three bores in our area.
I wonder how you are going to work with him; he’s such a bore!
The Oil Commission is planning to bore some more holes in our fields.
The speaker bored us all with his stupid experiences.
