HOMOPHONESHOMONYMS AND

HOMOGRAPHS

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What do all of these words have in common? How are they the same?

• Homophone• Homonym• Homograph

Each begins with the root word homo.

Homo means same.All of these words have to do with sameness.

HomophonePhone = soundTelephone = across soundHomophone = same sound

Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meaning are homophones.

Examples: petal / peddal or to / two / and too.

HomonymNym = namePseudonym = fake nameHomonyms = same name

Words that sound the same and have the same spellings but have different meanings are homonyms.

Examples: bear / bear or stalk / stalk

Homographsgraph = writingbiography = life writinghomograph = same writing

Words that have the same spellings but sound different and have different meaning are homographs.

Examples: wind / wind or bass / bass