Definition of Homophone. Meaning of Homophone. Synonyms of Homophone

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Definition of Homophone

Homophone
Homophone Hom"o*phone, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.] 1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. --Gliddon. 2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

Meaning of Homophone from wikipedia

- A homophone (/ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə-/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning. The two words may...
- "Homophones" is a word game in which a player creates a sentence or phrase containing a pair or larger set of homophones, substitutes another (usually...
- Homophonic translation renders a text in one language into a near-homophonic text in another language, usually with no attempt to preserve the original...
- amount of homophones in the language to form puns, and they have become an important component of Chinese culture. In Chinese, homophones are used for...
- British Homophone was a record company, based in Great Britain that operated between 1921 and 1985. Incorporated on 3 August 1921 as a private company...
- homographs—words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones—words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both...
- Look up homophony in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homophony and Homophonic are from the Gr**** ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), literally 'same sounding,' from...
- with the same writing and pronunciation (i.e. are both homographs and homophones) are considered homonyms. However, in a broader sense the term "homonym"...
- sheet containing letter, syllable and word substitution tables, sometimes homophonic, that typically converted symbols into numbers. Originally the code portion...
- distinct harmonic functions to the soprano, b**** and inner voices. A homophonic texture may be homorhythmic, which means that all parts have the same...