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Homophones/Homonyms: Parts of Speech

Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They can be spelled the same, like bark, or differently, like one and won. Common homonyms include pairs like ate and eight, ball and bawl, and lead and led. Homophones are a type of homonym where the words are pronounced the same but have different spellings, such as flower and flour.

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Homophones/Homonyms: Parts of Speech

Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They can be spelled the same, like bark, or differently, like one and won. Common homonyms include pairs like ate and eight, ball and bawl, and lead and led. Homophones are a type of homonym where the words are pronounced the same but have different spellings, such as flower and flour.

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Homophones/Homonyms

Parts of Speech

Homonyms (also called homophones) are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. Some homonyms are spelled the same, like bark (the sound a dog makes) and bark (the outer layer of a tree trunk). Some homonyms are spelled differently, like one (the number) and won (having been victorious). Note: he !olumbia "uide to Standard #nglish defines homophones as words that are pronounced alike and have different spellings (like flower and flour), and defines homonyms as a more general term that includes both homophones and words that are spelled alike and have different meanings (like bank $the edge of a river% and bank $a financial institution%). However, the &andom House 'nabridged (ictionary ()**+ edition) defines the terms homonym and homophone in such a way that each term includes words that are pronounced alike and have different spellings, and also words that are spelled alike and have different meanings. Some common homonyms include:
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colonel,kernel creak,creek crews,cruise cymbal,symbol days,da-e dear,deer dew,do,due die,dye disc,disk discreet,discrete discussed,disgust doe,dough

heard,herd hew,hue hi,high higher,hire him,hymm hair,hare hoarse,horse hole,whole hour,our idle,idol idle,idol,idyl in,inn incite,insight

nays,neighs no,know none,nun nose,knows,no0s not,knot,naught one,won or,oar,ore overdo,overdue paced,paste pail,pale pain,pane pair,pare,pear pain,pane

right,rite,write ring,wring road,rode,rowed roe,row role,roll root,route rose,rows rote,wrote rou2,rue rye,wry sacks,sa2 sail,sale sawed,sod scene,seen

tacks,ta2 tail,tale taut,taught tea,tee teas,tease,tees tents,tense tern,turn there,their,they0re threw,through throne,thrown thyme,time tide,tied tighten,titan

we0ll,wheel wen,when we0ve,weave weak,week which,witch whirled,world whirred,word whine,wine whoa,woe who0s,whose wood,would worst,wurst yoke,yolk you0ll,yule your,you0re,yor e

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