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homonym (s) (noun), homonyms (pl)
1. A word which is identical with another one in pronunciation, but differing from it in spelling and meaning: Some examples of homonyms are fair and fare, read and reed.

A homonym is also called a homophone and a homograph.
2. A word identical with another in spelling and pronunciation, but differing from it in origin and meaning: Two examples of homonyms which are spelled the same are butter, the food, and butter, one who butts.
3. The same name or word used to denote different things: The words bare, bear and bye, bye; buy, buy are examples of homonyms, as indicated in the cartoons below.

A word having the same pronunciation as another one but with different meanings.
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Any of two or more words with the same pronunciations but different in spellings and meanings.
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This entry is located in the following units: homo-, hom- + (page 5) -onym, -onymy, -onymic, -onymically, -onymous, -onymously, -nym (page 6)
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
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Confusing Words, Index of Clarified Groups A-Z
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Homophones and Homonyms
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Word Entries at Get Words: “homonyms”
homonym, homonyms
Words that have the same pronunciations as other words, but which have different meanings and spellings. (2)
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