Words similar to homonym

Example sentences for: homonym

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I have noticed that nearly every one-syllable first name is a homonym for an actual word.
PRONOUNCE SPELL MEAN heteronym different same different homograph homonym same same different homophone same different different
The first disagreement I have with her is in her use of the term homonym , which she defines as [a word] looking the same, but differing in meaning [from another word] [p. 11].
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.