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Online sources about homonyms, heteronyms, homographs:

HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

o Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different

meanings, but have different spellings.

HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

o Heteronyms are a type of homograph that are also spelled the same and have

different meanings, but sound different.

 WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are bothhomonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie(prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym

Term Meaning Spelling Pronunciation

Homonym Different Same Same

Homograph Different Same Same or different

Homophone Different Same or different Same

Heteronym Different Same Different

Heterograp

hDifferent Different Same

Polyseme Different but related Same Same or different

CapitonymDifferent when

capitalized

Same except for 

capitalizationSame or different

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Homographs are words with the same spelling, but sometimes

different pronunciations.

bass (fish; instrument)

lead (metal; go first)

primer (textbook; undercoat of paint)

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sewer (waste water pipe; one who sews)

tear (drop of salty water; to pull apart)

Homophones are words with the same pronunciation, but

sometimes different spellings.

cereal, serial

hole, whole

muscle, mussel

pair, pare, pear

to, too, two

Homonyms can be homographs, homophones, or both.

date (calendar time; fruit)

fluke (whale’s tail fin; stroke of luck; flatworm)

junk (garbage; Chinese ship)

mullet (fish; hairstyle)

tender (delicate; one who tends)

Heteronyms are homographs that aren’t homophones (same

spelling, different pronunciation).

Heterographs are homophones that aren’t homographs (same

pronunciation, different spelling).

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Venn diagram illustrating the relationships between these terms.

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