At least two uses of the same word with different senses, or of at least two mutual homonyms.
A man may take to drink
because he feels himself to be a
, and then fail
ure
fail
all the more completely because he drinks
. It
is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language
. It
becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts
are foolish
, but the slovenliness of our language
makes it easier for us to have foolish
thoughts
. (Orwell 1946)
Orwell, George. 1946. “Politics and the English Language.” Horizon 13 (76): 252–65.