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HOMOPHONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("homophony" is a kind of...):
part music (vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment))
Derivation:
homophonic (having a single melodic line with accompaniment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The same pronunciation for words of different origins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("homophony" is a kind of...):
pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)
Derivation:
homophonic (having the same sound)
homophonous (characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way)