Sunday, 17 March 2013

By Yash Agarwal (Enrolment No. :- A2325312023)


HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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. 
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). 
SUMMARY CHART
HOMONYM WORDS
SOUND
HOMOPHONE WORDS
type of homonym
  same sound  same sound
  same OR different spelling  different spelling
  fair (county fair)
  fair (reasonable)
  pear (fruit)
  pair (couple)
  pear (fruit)
 pair (couple)




HOMOGRAPH WORDS
SPELLING
  same OR different sound
  same spelling
  lie (untruth)
  lie (lie down)
  tear (in the eye)
  tear (rip)

DETAIL CHART
 Same Sound / different meaningsSame Spelling / different meanings
   Homonyms   Homophones  Homographs  
  Different Spelling 
see  (with your eye)
sea  (the ocean)
see
sea
see
sea
n/a
to  (preposition)
too  (as well)
two  (2)
to
too
two
to
too
two
n/a
there 
their  (possessive)
they're  (contraction)
there
their
they're
there
their
they're
n/a
bough  (tree limb)
bow  (front of a boat)
bow  (at the waist)
bow  (tied with ribbon)
bow  (shoots arrows)
bough
bow
bow



bow
bow
bough
bow
bough

bow

bow
bow
bow
bow


lead  (to guide)
lead  (the metal)
led  (guided)

lead
led

lead
led
lead
lead

lie  (untruth)
lie  (lie down)
lie
lie
n/alie
lie

fair  (appearance)
fair  (county fair)
fair  (reasonable)
fair
fair
fair
n/afair
fair
fair

bass  (fish)
bass  (low note)
n/an/abass
bass

tear  (in the eye)
tear  (rip)
n/an/atear
tear


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