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HOMONYMS
Each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different
meanings and origins.For example, pole and pole.
What are homonyms, homophones, and homographs?
Homonym can be troublesome because it may refer to three distinct classes of
words. Homonyms may be words with identical pronunciations but different spellings
and meanings, such as to, too, and two. Or they may be words with both identical
pronunciations and identical spellings but different meanings, such as quail (the bird)
and quail (to cringe). Finally, they may be words that are spelled alike but are
different in pronunciation and meaning, such as the bow of a ship and bow that
shoots arrows. The first and second types are sometimes called homophones, and
the second and third types are sometimes called homographs—which makes
naming the second type a bit confusing. Some language scholars prefer to limit
homonym to the third type.
