Homonyms sound the same, but are spelled differently. Many, many people get 'their' 'there' and 'they're' mixed up, for example, due to their similar sounds.
Homonyms refer to words that have different meanings and spelling but sound similar. Attention, infection and direction are examples of homonyms for affection.
Homonyms are confusing to most people because they are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings. This can lead to misunderstandings and misinterpretations in written and spoken language.
They are called "homonyms".
One example of homonyms with different spelling is "meet" and "meat." "Meet" refers to coming together, while "meat" is the flesh of animals used as food. Another example is "soar" (to fly high in the sky) and "sore" (painful or sensitive).
Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings. They can also be spelled the same or differently.
False. They are synonyms ( they mean the same thing). Homonyms have the same spelling and the same pronunciation, but different meanings. (For the record, same sound, different meaning and spelling are homophones; same spelling, different sound and meaning are homographs.)
two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings
"I" and "aye" are the only homophones of "eye" that I can think of...no homographs or homonyms.
bare, bear prays, preys, praise karat, carrot
to break down in small pieces of rock.
The correct spelling of the religion is Confucianism.
"Conduct" is a homonym, meaning it has the same spelling but different meanings depending on the context in which it is used.