Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Words that both sound the same and are spelled the same and both homonyms (same sound) Fair, as in country fair and fair as in reasonable for example
They are called heteronyms or more specifically heterophones -- they are homographs (written the same) but have different pronunciation and different meanings. They are often different parts of speech.
Examples:
convict (verb - to find guilty) - convict (noun - one found guilty).
does (do, verb form) - does (plural noun)
sow (to plant seed) - sow (female pig)
* there is a list of these words at the related link
The words are called "homographs," a type of homonym.
Examples are the words bear (animal, or to carry) and left (direction, or remaining amount).
The larger set of words that are referred to as homonyms are words that are spelled differently but sound the same: these are called homophones.
Words that sound the same are called "homophones" (as opposed to homonyms, which share the same spelling as well).
Examples in English : bear-bare / ate-eight / shoot-chute / plain-plane / there-their
Homophones are words that may or may not be spelled differently and have different meanings. Example: birth and berth, night and knight.
(The term homonyms is specifically applied to words that are pronounced and spelled the same but still have different meanings. The word heteronym or heterophone is applied to words that are pronounced differently.)
They include:
Course- a Golf course
Coarse-rough
Need- to require
Knead - to knead dough
Tea- a drink/meal
Tee- golf
Practise- to keep trying
Practice- a dental practice
Bye- Goodbye
By- he got by
Buy- to purchase
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A homonym.
They're called homophones.
They are called homophones but not homonyms, because homonyms are two words which have the same pronunciation and spelling but differ in meaning.
They are homophones.
Different words that have the same meaning are synonyms. Words that are opposites are called antonyms. Words that sound the same but don't have the same meaning are homonyms or homophones.
Either a homograph, homonym or a homophone.
They are homographs.
homophones
homophone
A word that is spelled the same but pronounced differently is called a heteronym.
No, the words "days" and "daze" are not homographs. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and may or may not be pronounced the same. These two words are spelled differently and have distinct meanings - "days" refers to a period of time, while "daze" refers to a state of confusion or bewilderment.
homophones if they are spelled differently or homographs if the are spelled the same. homophone:ate and eight homograph:rose(flower) and rose(past tense of rise)
They are homophones.
When two words are spelled differently but sound the same, they are homophones. Examples include "sea" and "see," "right" and "write," and "bare" and "bear."
Homophones
They are homophones.
Some examples of words that sound the same but are spelled and mean differently are "there", "their", and "they're"; "to", "two", and "too"; "break" and "brake"; "right" and "write"; "flower" and "flour".
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently. They have different meanings despite their similar pronunciation. Examples include "to," "two," and "too."
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings are called homographs.fusefew budgedustcluemustsawustheirafter
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