Example sentences for: homograph

How can you use “homograph” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • PRONOUNCE SPELL MEAN heteronym different same different homograph homonym same same different homophone same different different

  • I eschew the term homonym because it suffers from an inherent ambiguity: a homograph is, to lexicographers, at least, a word that is spelled the same as another but has a different etymology ( bear 1 animal/ bear 2 carry; bore 1 carried/ bore 2 drill/ bore 3 tire/ bore 4 tide wave); a homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another but is spelled differently ( bear/bare; bier/beer; bore/boar ).

  • To take a random example, there is some question about the accuracy of description of a word like macedonian : it appears in six main entries, the first three of which bear homograph numbers.

  • , liaison in French); homograph avoidance in English (e.g.


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