Homonym vs. Homophone

Homonymnoun

A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.

Homonymnoun

(loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).

Homonymnoun

(taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Homonymnoun

A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.

Homonymnoun

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

Homonymnoun

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.

Homonymnoun

a Latin name which is identical to that of a different organism, the newer of the two names being invalid.

Homonym

In linguistics, homonyms, broadly defined, are words which are homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of pronunciation) or homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of spelling), or both. For example, according to this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (argument) and row (a linear arrangement) are homonyms, as are the words see (vision) and sea (body of water).

Homophonenoun

A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

Homophonenoun

A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.

Homophonenoun

A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

Homophonenoun

A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

Homophonenoun

two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

Homophonenoun

each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

Homophonenoun

each of a set of symbols denoting the same sound or group of sounds.

Homophone

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning. A homophone may also differ in spelling.