The prefix "homo-", derived from Greek, means "same". "Homophone" means "same sound".
The homophones for 'vane' are 'vein' and 'vain.'
Homophones are called homophones because "homophone" is derived from the Greek words "homo-" meaning "same" and "phone" meaning "sound". Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
The term is Homophones... the literal meaning of this word is Homo - Same Phone - sound.
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Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, such as "there," "their," and "they're." Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and may or may not sound the same, like "bow" (to bend) and "bow" (a weapon).
Homo- means "same." -phone means "sound." Homophones are words that sound the same.
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.
Some homophones for there are their and they're.
Homophones for "ware" are "wear" and "where."
The homophones of "hello" are "hallo" and "hullo".
Wok is the homophones of walk.