Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. They aren't necessarily pronounced the same.
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Homographic pair of two verbs or pair of two nouns? [closed]
A homograph of a word is spelled the same way as the word, but has a different meaning. For example, "row" can mean one of:
verb: to propel a boat by moving paddles in a circular motion in the water
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What is a term for words that are both homophones and homographs?
While there are homophones like bear and bare, and homographs like sow, the pig, and to sow a seed, is there a term for words that cover both categories? The example that comes to mind for me is to ...
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Present, present, and present?
Please present your next idea.
Did you buy her a present?
No vacancies at present.
Do all the bold words have the same spelling, yet all of them have different meanings based on the ...
