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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Homograph, Homophone, and Homonym


Homograph, Homophone, and Homonym

What is Homograph?
Examples:
1. Lead:

  • I will lead my group to be the best team.
  • Did the police have a new lead to find your kids?
2. Close:
  • Will you please close that windows!
  • The tiger was now so close that I could smell it.
3. Wind:
  • How does a wind blow up a house?
  • Wind your watch!

So, a homograph (from the Greek: homos, "same" and grapho, "write") is a word or a group of words that share the same written form but have different meanings.


What is Homophone?