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This is called a "homonym." Some examples: rose (a beautiful flower) and rose (as in to get up); lie (an untruth) and lie (to lie down); staff (a rod or cane) and staff (people who are employees).

Words like rose and rows, scent and cent are homophones(sound alike) since they are spelled differently but have the same pronunciation. This was the classical, less specific use of the term "homonym" which continues to be used today to describe homophones.

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