What are Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs?
Homonyms
Homonyms are a group of words having the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings.
Let us see some of the homonyms we use in our day-to-day life
Homonyms can refer to both homophones and homographs
Homophones:
A homophone is a word that is spelled the same as another word but differs in meaning and is spelled differently.
Examples:
- Weak — Week
- Sun — Son
- See — Sea
- Plane — Plain
- Meet — Meat
Let us see some of the homophones we use in our day-to-day life.
Homographs:
Homographs are words with the same spelling but have more than one meaning.
Examples:
- Address – Address
- Band – Band
- Bat – Bat
- Match – Match
- Mean – Mean
- Right – Right
- Ring – Ring
Let us see some of the homographs we use in our day-to-day life
Fall
A mango fell from the basket.
Night fell before we went to the market.
Duck
Ducks can swim in the river.
He will not duck the issue anymore.
Letter
There are 26 letters in English
I posted a letter yesterday.
Put
Please put the shoes on the floor.
He is putting me forward.
Rose
He raised his hand to answer.
Rose flowers are very beautiful.
Cool
It’s a nice cool morning.
How cool and delicious it was!
Date
What is the date today?
He is on a date with his girlfriend.
Ship
I used to travel by ship.
He is shipping his parcel to England.
Park
National Park is very beautiful.
Please park your car outside.
Book
Please book a cab for me.
I like poetry books.
Well
Well done! You passed the exam.
This well has no water.
Saw
I saw him coming towards me.
He was cutting wood with a saw.
Arm
Besides her, there are the arms of his brother.
My arm is hurting.
Fly
A Fly is an insect with six legs
I love to fly in the sky.
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