homophone

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homophone

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(Noun) A word that sounds like another, but with a different meaning.

Usage: To Northeast American ears, Mary/merry and there/they're/their are homophones.

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(Noun) words that sound the same and are different

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(Noun) a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning

Usage: "Read" and "reed" are homophones, because they are pronounced identically but have different meanings.

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(Noun) From Greek homo, meaning "equal" or "same," and phone, meaning "voice" or "sound"; a word that sounds the same as another, but does not have the same meaning.

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