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Homophone - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Homophone : (noun)
1: two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way
but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and
bear)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Homophone : \Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See
Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with
another. --Gliddon.
2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing
from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and
awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Homophone |
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hellerphant: @bucky_bones Homophone? |
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zephrene: syntax error in credit union's phone messaging makes me cringe. this is like the bare/bear Homophone problem but worse. |
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mgsem: RT @robertmentzer: Homophone fail. Sign at A&W on Merrill Ave: "TRY ARE ROOT BEER FLOATS." |
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