knave ~ nave:
[As the letter ‘K’ in “knave” is silent, these two words have the same pronunciation.]
a knave (a dishonest person)
the knave of a deck of cards (Jack)
“Knave” (old usage & for the right pronunciation of knave, please click here) is ‘a dishonest man; a playing card with a picture of a man on it that is above the ten and below the queen (which is also called ‘jack’)’,
e.g.
Ted is such a knave that he steals money from his blind old grandmother.
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the nave of a church
“Nave” (for the right pronunciation of nave, please click here) is ‘the long central part of a church’; ‘the hub of a wheel’,
e.g.
St Albans Cathedral in England has the longest nave.
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a naive child
e.g.
The naive young men have been misled as to what is politics and how to elect a representative.
She had a sweet naive look when she smiled!
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