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Online sources about homonyms, heteronyms, homographs:
HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
o Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different
meanings, but have different spellings.
HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
o Heteronyms are a type of homograph that are also spelled the same and have
different meanings, but sound different.
WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are bothhomonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie(prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym
Term Meaning Spelling Pronunciation
Homonym Different Same Same
Homograph Different Same Same or different
Homophone Different Same or different Same
Heteronym Different Same Different
Heterograp
hDifferent Different Same
Polyseme Different but related Same Same or different
CapitonymDifferent when
capitalized
Same except for
capitalizationSame or different
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Homographs are words with the same spelling, but sometimes
different pronunciations.
bass (fish; instrument)
lead (metal; go first)
primer (textbook; undercoat of paint)
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sewer (waste water pipe; one who sews)
tear (drop of salty water; to pull apart)
Homophones are words with the same pronunciation, but
sometimes different spellings.
cereal, serial
hole, whole
muscle, mussel
pair, pare, pear
to, too, two
Homonyms can be homographs, homophones, or both.
date (calendar time; fruit)
fluke (whale’s tail fin; stroke of luck; flatworm)
junk (garbage; Chinese ship)
mullet (fish; hairstyle)
tender (delicate; one who tends)
Heteronyms are homographs that aren’t homophones (same
spelling, different pronunciation).
Heterographs are homophones that aren’t homographs (same
pronunciation, different spelling).
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Venn diagram illustrating the relationships between these terms.
source: http://english-preparation.blogspot.com/2011/12/learn-about-homonyms-
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