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The general term for different words that mean the same thing is "synonyms". When the words also sound alike (as with the archaic "quire" and modern "choir"), they are considered variant spellings of the same word.

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Q: What do you call words that are spelled different but mean the same of which an example would be the words quire and choir?
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