• Homophone

    Origin

    - + phone + -

    Full definition of homophone

    Noun

    homophone

    (plural homophones)
    1. A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karat.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homophonehttp://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/homophone?view=uk
    2. A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.

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    Usage notes

    A homophone is a type of homonym in the loose sense of that term (a word which sounds or is spelled the same as another). (The strict sense of homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) A homograph is a word with the same spelling as another but a completely unrelated meaning. Homographs are not necessarily homophones.

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