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Homographs Homonyms and Homophones
Words which have different pronunciations but the same meanings and spelling?
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Asked in Word Games, Pronouns, Verbs
What is the name of 2 words that are spelled the same but have 2 different pronunciations for example record-verb and record-noun?

Well, technically in the example you used, "record" (noun) and
"record" (verb) are"Homographs". They are words that share
the same spelling but have different meanings. Since "record"
(noun) and "record" (verb) also have different pronunciations, they
are also "Heteronyms".
But to answer your question, two words that are spelled the same
but have different pronunciations are called Heteronyms.
Asked in Synonyms and Antonyms, Homographs Homonyms and Homophones
What are words that have the same spelling but different pronunciation and different meanings?

Words that have the same spelling but different meanings are
called homonyms. Examples are beat (rhythm) and beat (to
whip, as eggs). But this term is also (confusingly) used for words
that simply have the same sound (pronunciation), such as eight and
ate. These are homophones (sound alike words).
If they have the same spelling, but different pronunciations,
they are homographs. (written the same) such as sow (female
pig) and sow (to seed), or the tenses read (pronounced reed)
and read (pronounced red). Homographs require a context clue
to determine how they are pronounced.
There are a great number of homophones in English.
(see the related question for examples)
Asked in Homographs Homonyms and Homophones
What is the difference between a homograph and a homophone?

Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound but are
different in meaning and spelling.
for example : hour, our
Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different
meanings and may or may not be pronounced the same way.
for example : bear (the animal), bear (to carry)
Homonyms have the same sound and same spelling with a
different meaning.
Homophones have the same sound but different spellings and
meanings.
Homographs have the same spelling but a different meaning
(and possibly a different sound).
Asked in Homographs Homonyms and Homophones, Synonyms and Antonyms, Word Play, Puns, and Oxymorons
Are homophones and homonymes the exact same thing?

They might be. This is confusing ......
Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but
have different meanings, origins or spellings - bough & bow
Homonyms can be either
* words with the same spelling but different meanings - ray
(fish) & ray (light) * words with the same pronunciation but
different meanings, origins or spellings (as outlined above)
Asked in Synonyms and Antonyms, Word Games, Homographs Homonyms and Homophones
What words are spelled the same and pronounced same but have different meanings?

Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different
meanings. For example, 'light' can refer to an object's weight or
to electromagnetic radiation. Homonyms are a special type of
homophone (words that aren't necessarily spelled the same way but
are pronounced alike and have different meanings).