What's the difference between a homophone and a homonym?
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Homophone- One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.\n\nHomonym- One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).\n\nto the guy below: I'm ahead of you.......I used the same source!
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this question does not contain enough information for me to answer.\n What about semantics?\n\nsemantics is words used to describe things.\noften two people will describe the same thing using different words and say "it's just a semantics difference"  meaning not a real difference of opinion or viewpoint, just a difference in how it is described by words.\n\nexamples:\none person might say "needy" and another might say "clingy" to describe the same behavior.\n\none person might say "strong" and another say "overbearing" and really mean the same thing.\n\none person might say "weak" and another say "helpless" to indicate the same characteristics.
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Can you use the homophones "to", "too", and "two" in one question.?
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Well one was written in english, the other in latin. That's kind of a difference.
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BASIC explanation why "an" may appear before a word beginning with /h/:\n\n1) the initial /h/ IS not pronounced\n*generally in "hours" hono(u)r"\n*American English - "herb"\n*some dialects  "humble",  "hotel"\n\n2) history - that is, the /h/ USED to be silent:\nthere are a number of words whose initial /h/ was originally not pronounced,esp. those derived from (Old) French, which did not pronounce it (sometimes did not even spell it)\nSome of these (examples listed in #1) STILL do not pronounce the /h/ in many or all English dialects.   Others that have added a pronounced /h/ may still be treated as if they did not have it  -- 'historic(al)' is perhaps the best example of this\n\nBUT this is not enough -- those who say "an historic(al) event" (pronouncing the /h/) ALSO usually say "a history"!\nSo, there's one other very important factor, which is:\n\n3) The syllable starting with /h/ LACKS an ACCENT\n --Specifically, if the SECOND syllable is accented, the initial /h/ is WEAKER, perhaps only very slightly pronounced  (It seems especially weak if the following vowel is formed in the front of the mouth -- a, i, e  (vs. vowels made further back  -- o,  u)\n\nSo, if the first syllable HAS an accent (especially the MAIN accent) it is preceded by "a"   --thus we say "A HISTORY" (unless, of course, you're Cockney)\n\nTo get the sense of how this works, just try saying the word "historic" all be itself.  You may notice that you scarcely pronounce the /h/.  Even if you do, it may feel like it takes extra energy do so  (whereas when you say "history" the 'energy' is already supplied by accenting the syllable)\n\n[Some have said 'accented' or 'unaccented', but this is not quite correct.  When the SECOND syllable is accented, the first syllable has the LEAST accent; if a LATER syllable has the primary accent the first syllable may still have a SECONDARY accent, and the 'fule' just described does not apply.  Examples: 'hospitality' 'hippopotamus'] \n\nIn fact, in expressions like "an historic..." many find that the inclusion of the /n/ can actually make the words easier to pronounce (though in that case the /h/ is usually only VERY slightly pronounced). \n\nOther examples where "an" may be found (all of which have an accent on the second syllable): "an hereditary title" [vs. "a HERitage],  "an habitual liar" [vs. "a HA-bit"], cf. "an hysterical child"  \n\nNow if you were to try some of these expressions in a search engine you would likely find that "an historic" and "an historical" are much more commong (in proportion to "a historic" "a historical") than these other examples.  That leads to the FINAL(?) factor that affects pronunciation.\n\n4) HABIT! That is, we're USED to hearing it that way, and so it just seems right, even if it does not follow the "rules" we may generally us for such cases.\n\nThus, the reason 'historic' and 'historical' are far more likely to be preceded by "an" than other words that might "qualify" is that they are more COMMON words or expressions.  People are used to hearing them this way.    This is hardly unusual.  In any language the LESS common a word is in everyday speech the MORE likely it is speakers apply the "general rules" to that word.   Thus, irregular verbs in a language [forms of to be, come, hit, ] are COMMON words.
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It depends on the language I guess.  In French I probably wouldn't pronounce it the same way as you would in English.  And what do thoses word mean anyway?  Sometimes with the ethymology yuo can figure out the pronounciation.
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There is no difference. People spell it with a capital I beause it is a name of something. But either I or i is acceptable.
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ummmmm\n\nActually the Difference is ....\n\nPlayer with a Pole ....\nand \n\nPlayer with a Hole...\n\nJust that!
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Homophones – words that are pronounced the same (and may or may not be spelt the same), but differ in meaning, such as waste & waist, or wear & where.\n\n\nMore info shown on source page.
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homonym.\nEtymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek homOnymon, from neuter of homOnymos\n\n1 a : HOMOPHONE b : HOMOGRAPH c : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)\n\n2 : NAMESAKE\n\n3 : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank -- compare SYNONYM\n- hom·onym·ic adjective\n\n-x-x-x-x-x\n\nhomophone\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: International Scientific Vocabulary\n\n1 : one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling (as the words to, too, and two)\n\n2 : a character or group of characters pronounced the same as another character or group\n- ho·moph·o·nous  adjective
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There is no difference, they are interchangeable words.
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Homophone's are words that sound the same (Homo - same; phone - sound) so a homophone for 'eye' would be 'aye' in the sentence above.
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They are pronounced the same, they just mean different things.
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an analogy draws a picture between to similar events and homology draws a line between two people, organisms, etc... that share traits of a common ancestor.\n\nanalogy- she was as pure as snow\nhomology- people and chimps
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The answer  to  that question   actually lies  in the meaning of the word itself.   Like many   words  in  the english language, that we use  every day, the word  Phonetic  derives  from a old  greek word "phone" meaning "a  sound"..  particularly  as it  applies  to the spoken word.      When the word  passed into  use in English,  it  kept its  original spelling  as   translated  from   its  Greek  origin.        The  word is  used  to   refer  to  the  way a word would look if  it  were  spelled strictly  as it   sounds, and  the word "phonetic"  is  pronounced with the sound of "f"\n                                                                                            Hence, the name given to that piece of equipment most of us  use  every  day,  called  the "telephnone"   "tele" being  another  greek word  meaning  "from a  distance".   The  tele - phone   is  an instrument  by which  sound (our voices)  is  transmitted from a  distance.\n                      When   we  talk  about the  way  a    certain word  would be spelt  IF we  spelt it just the  way it sounds, we  refer to "phonetic"  spelling  (which would be  "fonetic")    But  really this  shouldn't  apply to the  word "phonetic" because   "ph" also has  the  "f" sound   anyway.
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Grey is the English version; gray is the American.  They mean the same thing.
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I guess it depends on your dictionary. I didn't see it in Webster's. You must be using a special, childish, name-calling version.