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2. Homonym - Wikipedia

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   Homonym. In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs —words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones —words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both. [ 1] Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument ...

3. Homonym (biology) - Wikipedia

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   Homonym (biology) In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the senior homonym and is to be used (it is "valid"); any others are junior homonyms and ...

4. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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   List of forms of word play. This is a list of techniques used in word play . Techniques that involve the phonetic values of words. Engrish. Chinglish. Homonym: words with same sounds and same spellings but with different meanings. Homograph: words with same spellings but with different meanings. Homophone: words with same sounds but with ...

5. Homograph - Wikipedia

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   Homograph. Venn diagram showing the relationships between homographs (yellow) and related linguistic concepts. A homograph (from the Greek: ὁμός, homós 'same' and γράφω, gráphō 'write') is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning. [1] However, some dictionaries insist that the words must ...

6. Hypernymy and hyponymy - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics, semantics, general semantics, and ontologies, hyponymy (from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) 'under' and ὄνυμα (ónuma) 'name') shows the relationship between a generic term (hypernym) and a specific instance of it (hyponym).

7. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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   List of English homographs. Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning. Homographs may be pronounced the same ( homophones ), or they may be pronounced differently ( heteronyms, also known as heterophones). Some homographs are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable, and verbs when it is on ...

8. Homophone - Wikipedia

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   Homophone. Venn diagram showing the relationships between homophones (blue circle) and related linguistic concepts. A homophone ( / ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə -/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning and sometimes also in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, for example ...

9. Heteronym (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that has a different pronunciation and meaning from another word but the same spelling. These are homographs that are not homophones. Thus, lead (the metal) and lead (a leash) are heteronyms, but mean (average) and mean (intend) are not, since they are pronounced the same.