what are homonyms and homophones? explain the suitable example
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9th Aug, 2020
Hello Aspirant
Homophone (pronounced HAH-muh-fone) is Greek for “same sound.” It’s when two or more words have the same sound, but different meanings. They may be spelled the same or differently. When homophones have the same spelling, they’re also called “homonyms.” Homonym (pronounced HAH-muh-nim) means “same name.”That means they have Same sound,same spelling but different meaning.
Homophones but not homonyms
- To, too, two
- Their, there, they’re
- Bear, bare
- Fair, fare
Homophones and homonyms
- Rose (flower), rose (past tense of “rise”)
- Bat (animal), bat (baseball)
- Bear (animal), bear (verb)
- Fair (festival), fair (equal)
Hope it helps
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