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Old 05-18-2021, 04:35 PM   #177
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Just to save a Google search, homonyms are words spelled differently but pronounced the same (i.e. to, too, two) while heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently (bow as in the weapon or hair clip or bow as in to bend in respect or the front of a ship).
Those who do a Google Search will find definitions different to the one you supplied above:

The difference between homophones, homonyms, and homographs

homonym/homophone/homograph

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