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In article <1992Jul23.164615.1@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl> desmedt@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl writes:
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>My dictionary lists 'homograph' as two words spelled the same but
>with different pronunciation.  However, it seems to me that the latter
>requirement is not necessary.  I would say that homoghraphs are spelled
>the same and means something different, and may or may not be pronounced
>the same.

I've always considered a word homographic if it is written the same as
another word that has a different pronunciation....bow, wind, record.

>Similarly and vice versa, mutatis mutandis, for homophone.

Right.  die/dye, their/there, him/hymn, air/heir

>
>Then for homonym, my dictionary says both words must be of the same
>word class (part of speech) but differ significantly in meaning. Again,
>the first requirement does not seem essential to me.

I usually regard homonyms to be words such as "pool" or "bridge" which
are spelled and pronounced identically but have completely unrelated
meanings.  

The ones that I love are homonyms whose meanings are antonymic, such as
cleave and sanction.  Can anyone think of any others?


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