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homonym â(plural homonyms). ( 1 semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning. ( 2 loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
1 Homophones (literally same sound) are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled. 2  If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally different writing).he word homonym comes from the Greek á½Î¼ÏÎ½ÏÎ¼Î¿Ï (homonumos), meaning having the same name, which is the conjunction of á½Î¼ÏÏ (homos), common, same and á½Î½Î¿Î¼Î± (onoma) meaning name. Thus, it refers to two or more distinct concepts sharing the same name or signifier.