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homophonous

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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.
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Adj.1.homophonous - characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way; "'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words"
linguistics - the scientific study of language
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