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How could you explain the difference between Homophones and Homonyms?

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Question added by Vinay Kumar Mancherla , Associate professor , Gnyana Saraswati College of Engineering & Technology
Date Posted: 2015/03/04
patrick monis
by patrick monis , Operations Trainee , for Sea Horse Shipping

write , right (homonyms ) { homonyms are spelled or said the same and may differ in meaning }

rose ( flower ) rose (past tense of rise ) [ homophones] { homophones sound the same }

 

 

 

ahmed abdallah
by ahmed abdallah , Language Instructor , King Saud University

are words that are pronounced identically although they have different meanings and often have different spellings as well. 

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