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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Homonym

Hi.

Homonyms are both homophone and homogarph?Am I right?

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HOMONYM: One of two or more words having the same sound and often the same spelling but different meanings. Examples: quail (cower), and quail (bird); fair (appearance), fair (county fair), and fair (reasonable). HOMOPHONE: One of two or more words pronounced the same but different in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.

— Mister Micawber

  • HOMONYM: One of two or more words having the same sound and often the same spelling but different meanings.
  • Examples: quail (cower), and quail (bird); fair (appearance), fair (county fair), and fair (reasonable).
  • HOMOPHONE: One of two or more words pronounced the same but different in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.
  • Examples: cite, sight, and site; sea and see; your and you're; bow and bough.
  • HOMOGRAPH: One of two or more words spelled alike but different in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation.
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HOMONYM: One of two or more words having the same sound and often the same spelling but different meanings. Examples: quail (cower), and quail (bird); fair (appearance), fair (county fair), and fair (reasonable).

HOMOPHONE: One of two or more words pronounced the same but different in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. Examples: cite, sight, and site; sea and see; your and you're;
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Thanks Mister Micawber for your complete response.
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Funny, the dictionary I used says that it's usually a homophone, but sometimes can be used to mean a homograph.

A book I read a long time ago said that a word that is both is called a "homographic-homophone". E.g. fly (insect) and fly (verb)
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