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reward ~ reword
[slightly different the first and the second vowel sounds]
“Reward”, as a noun, is ‘something (money, title, praise) given or received for something, such as service, work or effort, either good or bad, done or achieved’; and as a verb, it is ‘to give some money, title or praise to some for doing something good or bad’,
(The apple in the little girl’s hand is the reward she has got from her teacher.)
e.g.
Their employer rewarded the staff with five percent bonus for their hard work.
The police announced a reward of ten thousand rupees for any information about the bank robbers.
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“Reword” (verb) is ‘to say or write again in different words or by altering (changing) the wording; to repeat the same expression with different words to make it easy to understand or to suit the context or situation better’,
e.g.
He said to the audience, “Some of you think foolishly.” But then in order not to offend the listeners he reworded his statement, saying, “Well, I mean, some people think foolishly.”
A notice in a staff-room says: “KEEP THE ROOM CLEAN!” which sounds like an order and some of the staff may not like to be ordered and so may not cooperate; however, the same notice if reworded sounds more pleasing: “LET’S KEEP OUR ROOM CLEAN!”
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