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letter vs polyphone

polyphone vs letter

letter and polyphone both are nouns.

letter is a verb but polyphone is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
polyphone Yes No No No
As nouns, polyphone is a hyponym of letter; that is, polyphone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • polyphone: a letter that has two or more pronunciations
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, descender, digram, digraph, initial, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphonic letter, block capital, block letter, vowel, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) polyphone (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization a letter that has two or more pronunciations
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
an award earned by participation in a school sport
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (verb) polyphone (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and polyphone

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