hom·o·phone (h m  -f n , hm-)n. One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. ho·moph o·nous (h-mf-ns) adj. |
homophone [ˈhɒməˌfəʊn]
n
1. (Linguistics) one of a group of words pronounced in the same way but differing in meaning or spelling or both, as for example bear and bare
2. (Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a written letter or combination of letters that represents the same speech sound as another ``ph'' is a homophone of ``f'' in English
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| Noun | 1. | homophone - two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) homonym - two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings |
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