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HOMOPHONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("homophone" is a kind of...):
homonym (two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings)
Derivation:
homophonic (having the same sound)
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