homophones ,homonyms & homographs
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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