Adventures in function names: saveItem or storeItem?

I’m writing Begin to Code with JavaScript at the moment and I was struck with how the choice of function names can be confusing. I’ve made the point that a good way to come up with a function name is to make them out of a verb and a noun. So storeItem sounds like a good name for a function. Store the item. What could be simpler?

Unfortunately this has the potential to be confusing. It’s because the word store can be a verb (do the storing) or a noun (a store that contains things). So storeItem might mean an item from the store. My strong advice is to try and pick unambiguous verbs, which is why I much prefer saveItem.

Perhaps I’m overthinking this (it has been known) but I’ve been surprised how many times I’ve picked confusing names for things based on distinctions like these. One of the great things about modern development is the ease with which you can rename identifiers, so if you do decide that the name you first came up with is confusing you can change it.