NOUN | communication | homophone | two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning / meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) |
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Sounds | hhao'mahfow.n | |
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Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... |
Meaning | Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning / meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear). | |
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Broader | homonym | Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings |
Spanish | homofonía, homófono | |
Catalan | homòfon | |
Adjectives | homophonic | having the same sound |
homophonous | characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way |
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