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Homograph - "Graph" has to do with writing or drawing.
When you think about a graph, you envision a picture. If you read graphic novels,
you know they have pictures. Someone drew them. So "homograph" means
"same picture" or "same writing."
Homographs are written (spelled) the same. (To make matters more confusing,
homographs that are spelled the same but sound different are also
called heteronyms.)
Example –
They were close(near) to the door to be closed (shut).
When I saw her tear (tear off) the painting, I shed a tear (drop from the eye)
Please address(sort) the issue
Please give me your address (where you stay)
Homophone - "Phone" has to do with sound. When you talk on the telephone,
you hear the other person's voice. When people in the 1800s used a
gramophone, they were listening to music. And phonology is the study of a
language's sounds.
So "homophone" means "same sound."
Homophones are pronounced the same.
Example:
If you didn’t hit the brake (car brakes) on time, you would break (damage) the
car’s side mirrors
If you sell drugs, you can be arrested and end up being in a prison cell.
To make a flower shaped cake, first you take some flour.
We have an hour to complete our work.
Homonym - "Nym" means "name." Stevie Nicks and Stevie Wonder have the
same first name, but they clearly are different people. It's the same with
homonyms.
They're spelled the same (like homographs) and pronounced the same (like
homophones), but have different meanings.
"Bow," for example, means both "to bend at the waist" and "the front of a boat."