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HOMOPHONIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a single melodic line with accompaniment
Classified under:
Similar:
monophonic (consisting of a single melodic line)
Derivation:
homophony (part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the same sound
Classified under:
Similar:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Derivation:
homophone (two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear))
homophony (the same pronunciation for words of different origins)
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