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whats the diffrent betweens homophone and homonyms?

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Answer 1

I think homophones are words that sound the same, whereas homonyms are words that mean the same thing

Answer 2

hom·o·phone   Audio Help   /ˈhɒməˌfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hom-uh-fohn, hoh-muh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.  

2. a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English.  

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hom·o·nym   Audio Help   /ˈhɒmənɪm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hom-uh-nim] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. homophone (def. 1).  

2. a word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning, as chase “to pursue” and chase “to ornament metal.”  

3. (loosely) homograph.  

4. a namesake.  

5. Biology. a name given to a species or genus that has been assigned to a different species or genus and that is therefore rejected.  

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[Origin: 1635–45; < L homōnymum < Gk homnymon, neut. of homnymos homonymous]

—Related forms

hom·o·nym·ic, adjective

hom·o·nym·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2, 3. Homonym, homophone, and homograph designate words that are identical to other words in spelling or pronunciation, or both, while differing from them in meaning and usually in origin. Homophones are words that sound alike, whether or not they are spelled differently. The words pear “fruit,” pare “cut off,” and pair “two of a kind” are homophones that are different in spelling; bear “carry; support” and bear “animal” are homophones that are spelled alike. Homographs are words that are spelled identically but may or may not share a pronunciation. Spruce “tree” and spruce “neat” are homographs, but so are row /roʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[roh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation “line” and row /raʊ/[rou] “fight” as well as sewer /ˈsuər/[soo-er] “conduit for waste” and sewer /ˈsoʊər/[soh-er] “person who sews.” Homonyms are, in the strictest sense, both homophones and homographs, alike in spelling and pronunciation, as the two forms bear. Homonym, however, is used more frequently than homophone, a technical term, when referring to words with the same pronunciation without regard to spelling. Homonym is also used as a synonym of homograph. Thus, it has taken on a broader scope than either of the other two terms and is often the term of choice in a nontechnical context.

Answer 3

homophone = same sounds but different spelling = "I" and "eye", "write" and "right"

homonyms = same spelling and sounds but different meaning = "to fire -- to shoot" and "to fire "to dismiss"