Homonyms and Homophones
Homophones
Same Sound Different Form and meanings (Homophones)
Homophones are the pair of words with the same sound different forms and meanings. The pronunciation (sound) of both the words is exactly the same but the written form (spelling) is different. The meanings of the words are also different.
Homo = same
Phone = sound
The words “Buy”, by, and bye pronounced the same with different meanings and spelling.
Buy– to purchase.
By– means next to.
Bye– is the short version of goodbye.
Examples from the text
This kind of pair of words or group of words is known as homophones.
Homographs
homo = same
graph = writing
Homographs are pairs or groups of words spelled the same way with different meanings. Homographs are pairs or groups of words with the identical or same spelling and different meanings.
An example is the word “Close”. The word “close” can have different meanings like “nearby” and “to shut” it has the same spelling and different meanings.
Examples for Homographs:-
Bat – a type of sports equipment or an animal.
Type – the way you use a keyboard or a specific class of something
But sometimes homographs have different pronunciations. For example:-
