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Example sentences for: homonym

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In this context, homonym , which is usually defined as a word that is pronounced or spelled like another but having a different meaning, is ambiguous, if not inaccurate, for the implication is that homonyms are different words.
English already has several well known -onym words (from the Greek onyma meaning name), such as synonym (same meaning), antonym (opposite meaning), and homonym (same sound).
PRONOUNCE SPELL MEAN heteronym different same different homograph homonym same same different homophone same different different
homophone--(Exclusive of a homonym) A well-liked doctor has both patience and patients.
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 ).