homonym vs homophone
homophone vs homonymhomonym and homophone both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| homonym | Yes | No | No | No |
| homophone | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
homophone is a hyponym of
homonym; that is, homophone is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
homonym:
- homonym: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings
- homophone: two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
Other hyponyms of homonym include
homograph.
| homonym (noun) | homophone (noun) |
|---|---|
| two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) |
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