How did homophones get their name?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

The root homo- means same, the root phone- means sound. A homophone is a pair of words that has same sound, but different spellings and meanings. Two and too. Whether and weather.

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∙ 13y ago

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