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Homonymy

nounid 72997·updated May 18, 2026
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the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning

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unclassified

Variants

plural
Homonymies
possessive
Homonymy's
pluralpossessive
Homonymies'

Framework definitions

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the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning

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