Homonyms vs Heteronyms

Online sources about homonyms, heteronyms, homographs: ➢ HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings. o Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings. ➢ HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. o Heteronyms are a type of homograph that are also spelled the same and have different meanings, but sound different. ➢ WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are both homonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).

|Term |Meaning |Spelling |Pronunciation |
|Homonym |Different |Same |Same |
|Homograph |Different |Same |Same or different |
|Homophone |Different |Same or different |Same |
|Heteronym |Different |Same |Different |
|Heterograph |Different |Different |Same |
|Polyseme |Different but related |Same |Same or different |
|Capitonym |Different when |Same except for |Same or different |
| |capitalized |capitalization | |

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Homographs are words with the same spelling, but sometimes different pronunciations.

▪ bass (fish; instrument) ▪ lead (metal; go first) ▪ primer (textbook; undercoat of paint)