1) Bases for basses 2) Bear or bear 3) Botanical nomenclature 4) Bow, to beau 5) Cache for cash 6) Confusable word 7) Lead has one 8) Literally, same name 9) Rebus puzzle staple 10) Sound-alike word 11) Too, to two 12) Tow, to toe 13) Two, to too 14) Waits for weights 15) Word
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1) Equivocalness 2) Homograph 3) Homophone 4) Homophonous
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In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but may have different meanings. Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling). The...
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[biology] In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the senior homonym and is to be used (it is `valid`); any others are junior homonyms and mus...
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Each of two or more identical but independently proposed names for the same or different taxa
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words having the same sound but different meanings
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• (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
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an occurence where two names are spelled differently, but sound the same. Example: Aiden and Aidan.
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A scientific name which has been given to two different species
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<zoology> Each of two or more identical but independently proposed names for the same or different taxa. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...
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Hom'o·nym noun [ Confer French
homonyme . See
Homonymous .] A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun
bear and the verb
bear . [ Written also
homonyme .]
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Two or more words which share the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings e.g. 'pole' and 'pole'.
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[
n] - two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
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homonym, homonymal 1. The same name or word used to denote different things. 2. In philology, applied to words having the same sound, but differing in meaning; opposite of heteronym and synonym. 3. A person or thing having the same name as another; a `namesake”.
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A name accidentally used for two different species.
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words which have the same spelling or pronunciation as another, but different meaning or origin. May be a homograph or homophone.
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noun two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
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Word that sounds the same and possibly the same spelling as another but has different meanings. For example:
lead (noun) is a metal, and
lead (verb) is the action of directing
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homophone (def. 1). · a word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning, as chase “to pursue” and chase “to ornament metal.” · (loosely) homograph. · a namesake. · a name given to a species or genus that has been assigned to a different species or genus and that is therefore rejected.
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Any set of words which share their form but have different meanings, e.g. bar 'legal profession' and bar 'public house'. The formal similarity is an accident of phonological development and the forms do not share a common historical root, contrast this situation with that of polysemy.
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a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
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[Difficult words] a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
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[Obscure words] a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
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