Words that sound the same are called homophones. Examples of homophones : bear-bare, two-too, tea-tee. ---- Words that are spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings, are called homonyms. Examples of homonyms : left (past tense of leave, or a direction), bear (carry, or the animal) All homonyms are homophones but, as shown, not all homophones are homonyms.
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lot of verbs created from noun have accent in diffrent place eg:
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One example is "lead," which can be pronounced as "led" (as in a metal) or "leed" (as in to guide). "Bow" is another example, with one pronunciation rhyming with "cow" and referring to a type of knot, and the other rhyming with "low" and referring to a weapon.
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They are called "homonyms".
Homonym- words that share the same spelling and pronunciation, but have different meanings.
It's a homophone. Homophones are words whose pronunciation is the same, but their spelling is different. Homographs have the same spelling but different pronunciation. In this case, the homophone of the word "your" is "you're", short of "you are".
Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They may also be spelled differently, such as "write" and "right," or "ate" and "eight."
There are no homonyms for Rome. A homonym is one of a group of words which share the same spelling and pronunciation, but have different meanings. There is a homophone (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling) of (not for) Rome: roam.
They are homographs.
Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings. For example, "bat" can refer to a piece of sports equipment or a nocturnal flying mammal. Homonyms can create confusion in language and require context to understand their intended meaning.
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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.
a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.