Robert Todd Lincoln --The vitals

[L Verge]

(02-01-2018 06:18 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 04:25 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Eva - this is my way of explanation: Vice and Vise are homonyms because they sound alike, though spelled differently.

In the US spelled differently - they are spelled the same in BE (hence homonyms).
From my Oxford English Dictionary and another dictionary:

I had responded with what I had been taught and always used as far as vise as a tool. I just consulted Merriam-Webster, and they agreed with me as did Dictionary.com. I don't know what else to say other than to get back to the original posting regarding Mary Lincoln's virtue.