Question: Which part of a guitar shares its name with a word meaning “to worry”?
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Fret.
In the context of a guitar, a fret refers to the raised element on the neck that musicians press the strings against to change the pitch of the sounds produced.
In a different context, “to fret” means to worry or be anxious about something. These two meanings of the word “fret” are completely unrelated; this is an example of a homograph, where two words share the same spelling but have different origins and meanings.
