Question

Share a common name: soap and a musical instrument.

Answer 1

Hint: The question requires us to find one word which has both the meanings. A word can have more than one meaning. They are called synonyms. A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word, morpheme, or phrase.

Complete answer:
A common name can be shared between related or unrelated objects. For example, one can be the name of a brand and another can be the name of a food item like Apple. A brand is an identity mark used by corporations to create an impression in the minds of consumers and generally named after various different objects.

We try to find out the relation between the two words by brainstorming different options such as the names of animals, plants, vehicles, toothpaste etc.

First let us write a few names of musical instruments. They can be:
Piano, guitar, violin, drum, trumpet, xylophone, flute, santoor etc.

Now the musical instrument should share a common name with “soap”. Generally, there are no types of soap but rather brands of soap available. Hence, we can go through the brand names and find out a common name. Few brands of soap available in India are:
Lifebuoy, Lux, Dettol, Dove, Santoor etc.

Here we can see that “Santoor” is both a musical instrument which involves light strokes and glides & also a soap brand.

Hence “Santoor” is a common name for soap and musical instruments.

Note: It is not necessary that the common name should be in English language only. In the given question, “Santoor” is a Hindi word. Few more examples of common name can be:
- Animal and car- Jaguar
- Tree and toothpaste- babool
- Famous monument and tea brand- Taj Mahal
- Bulb and source of energy- Surya