Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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homophonous | No | Yes | No | No |
homophone | Yes | No | No | No |
homophonous (noun) | homophone (noun) |
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two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) |
homophonous (adjective) | homophone (adjective) |
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characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way |