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homophone
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hom·o·phone  (hm-fn, 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·mopho·nous (h-mf-ns) adj.
homophone
Noun
a word pronounced the same as another, but having a different meaning or spelling or both, such as bear and bare [Greek homos same + phōnē sound]
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Noun1.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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