Meaning & use
homonym
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A word that is spelled and/or pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning.
See it in a sentence
'Bark' (a tree's covering) and 'bark' (a dog's sound) are homonyms.
Students often struggle with homonyms like 'bank' (a financial institution) and 'bank' (the side of a river).
A note on using this word
Sometimes used loosely to include 'homophones' (same sound, different spelling) and 'homographs' (same spelling, different sound), though strict usage requires both spelling and pronunciation to match.
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