Which & Witch

Happy Halloween!

Paced & Paste

As in, "I paced worriedly when I realized I had eaten the rubber cement instead of paste."

Feat & Feet

ea – (n.) An achievement that requires great skill or strength.
ee – (plural n.) Those standy-walky things on the ends of your legs. Or units of measure equivalent to twelve inches.

Continence & Continents

Another -ence vs -ents homophone this week:
-ence – (n.) Let's just call it "the ability to hold it in."
-ents – (plural n.) The big chunks of land floating around the earth.

Correspondence & Correspondents

-ence – (n.) Remote communication (usually written) between two or more people.
-ents – (plural n.) The people doing the communicating.

Weak & Week

My apologies to any latter-day Mayans out there who don't recognize the image on the right as a calendar.

Waist & Waste

As my lovely wife Vanessa put it, "Some people waste away to get a smaller waist."

Wade & Weighed

I'll be surprised if I Wade through my emails tomorrow and no one has Weighed in on the fact that I've basically used the same drawing of the scale for two weeks in a row... :)

Wait & Weight

Precede & Proceed

Precede – take place ahead of something/someone else.
Proceed – advance, move forward.
First you wait for everyone who precedes you in line, then you proceed.

Their, There, They're

OK, I'm finally tackling one of the dreaded apostrophe homophones. Took two years to build up the courage... and think of appropriate illustrations. And I'm still not 100% sure I nailed it. Leave a comment, I really want to know what you think of this one.
I figure a tandem bike implies dual ownership – Their bike, rather than his or hers – even if they aren't pictured. (Besides, the fewer times I show them, the fewer times I can be accused of implying that They're doing something in that panel.)
The next one seems pretty self-explanatory to me. The rider is pointing to the bike – There it is.
Finally, They're riding it. Yes, they are.
I dunno. Works for me. What about you?

"Pique" amendment

A couple weeks ago I made the egregious error of omitting "pique" from Peak & Peek. Consider this little striptease my apology. I hope it piques your interest... in grammar!

Might & Mite

Might can be a noun referring to strength, but can also be an auxiliary verb expressing possibility. The guy on the left is showing his might. The guy on the right might, but might not; he's still deciding.
A mite is a tiny little arachnid, but can also generally refer to anything tiny.
"Since many mites are parasitic, it might be wise to not doubt their might."

Hay & Hey

Next time your teacher/parent/parole officer tells you, "Hey is for horses," you send 'em a link to this site and explain that there is a clear and accepted spelling difference between the two. :)

Peak & Peek

If I could take a peek at the peak of my career, I wonder if I would be looking into the past or the future...

Update: Please accept my humble apologies for forgetting to include "pique." Let's fix that mistake right here.

Leak & Leek

With an A – undesirable drip.
Double E – desirable vegetable.

Tare & Tear

-are – weight of an empty container.
-ear – rip.

Way, Weigh, Whey

As in, "There's more than one way to weigh whey."

Thyme & Time

Now I just need homophones for parsley, sage, and rosemary. And Garfunkel.

Flea & Flee

-ea – parasitic insect.
-ee – run away!
As in, "Run away from the parasitic insect!"