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[Boerseun]

I'm amazed at the existence of certain words which exist in completely different contexts, not the same word having opposite meanings, but the same word existing to serve totally non-related concepts!

For instance, I can be running a race, or, I'm a member of the caucasian race. How to explain that to a kid? How did the words evolve from their roots to have completely non-related meanings with the same spelling?

Any other examples out there? There are quite a few, but its an interesting topic, nonetheless.