Example sentences for: homonym

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

  • 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.

  • 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 ).

  • R.M. Alexander's response (Nuisance dust better than no jobs, March 2-3, 1996) to concerns raised about dust generated by a local mining operation reply in large part on irrelevant ad homonym tactics by conjuring up the Sierra Club, their tree hugging ilk, and mining jobs lost to communities elsewhere.

  • homophone--(Exclusive of a homonym) A well-liked doctor has both patience and patients.


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