They are called 'Homaphones'!
a figure of speech
No, but some plural words have other meanings that can be pluralized. The plural "peoples" refers to more than one "people" (collective noun for an ethnic group).
figure of speech
A sentence that can be read with two different meanings is called ambiguous. It can be interpreted in more than one way depending on how the words are understood.
There are way more than forty words related to transportation. Some of these are transit, freight, charter, terminal, communications, depot, landing field, flying field, and carrier.
Some compound words with more than four letters:afterthoughtbeachcombercheapskatedressmakerearthquakefeatherweightgrandmotherhearthstoneinpatientjawbreakerkindheartedlighthousematchmakerneedlepointofficeholderplainclothesquartermasterrattlesnakesuperstructuretablespoonundercurrentvolleyballwatermelon
Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and are pronounced differently, while homographs are words that are spelled the same and may or may not have different meanings but are pronounced the same.
Homophones and homonyms are not considered language techniques. They refer to words that sound alike but have different meanings (homophones) or words that are spelled the same but have different meanings (homonyms). These are more characteristics of language rather than deliberate techniques used in writing or speech.
Different words are pronounced differently. Some multisyllabic words have more than one stress, some do not.
a word that has more than one meaning
The term for words that have more than the literal meaning is "figurative language." This includes figures of speech like metaphors, similes, and idioms which convey meanings beyond their literal interpretation.
That must be love.