HOMOPHONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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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