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[–] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

They're pronounced differently (although there's a difference between British English and American English but for these that difference is quite consistent and you just omit the r):

horse [hɔːs]/[hɔːrs] - worse [wɜːs]/[wɜːrs]

cord [kɔ:d]/[kɔːrd] - word [wɜːd]/[wɜːrd]