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Homophone   /hˈoʊmoʊfˌoʊn/   Listen
Homophone

noun
1.
Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear).





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"Homophone" Quotes from Famous Books



... alphabet. The finding of the value of these characters has enabled me to decipher, among other things, the names of the founders of the city of UXMAL; as that of the city itself. This is written apparently in two different ways: whilst, in fact, the sculptors have simply made use of two homophone signs, notwithstanding dissimilar, of the letter M. As to the name of the founders, not only are they written in alphabetical characters, but also in ideographic, since they are accompanied in many instances by the totems of the personages: ...
— Vestiges of the Mayas • Augustus Le Plongeon


Words linked to "Homophone" :   homonym, homophonic


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