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If you're going to correct someone, get it right. Homographs have the same spelling but different meaning. Homophones have the same sound but different meaning.
by ghusbands 9y ago
If you're going to correct someone, get it right. Homographs have the same spelling but different meaning. Homophones have the same sound but different meaning. Historically, a homonym was both a homograph and a homophone. Nowadays, homonym can be used to mean either homograph or homophone. So homonym was correct for modern usage.
- tempestn 9y agoLooks like you're right. I've never seen that usage before, but according to dictionary.com's third definition, that is "loosely" correct. An example of language evolving I guess! http://www.dictionary.com/browse/homonym http://www.dictionary.com/browse/homonym