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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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And words which are spelt the same and pronounced the same but have different meanings are called homonyms.
e.g. (thanks wikipedia!) fluke ( a stoke of luck) and fluke (a fin on the end of a whale's tail).
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My original definition was correct, as is yours. Words which are spelt the same (regardless of pronounciation) but have different meanings are called homographs.
Words which are spelt the same
and pronounced the same but have different meanings are homonyms. Homonyms are a subset of homographs.
EDIT: My original post was poorly worded on re-reading. Apologies for any confusion caused.