Homographs are words that sound and spell alike but have different meaning.
1. lie- to tell something not true
lie- position of body
2. Tear- secretion from your eye
Tear- to pull something apart
3. Date- going out romantically
Date- month, day or year
4. Bat- a flying mammal
Bat- used to hit baseball
5. Fan- to cool you down
Fan- someone who idolizes someone
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mariannetoribio
your answer is like homonyms but it should not be?Homonyms have the same spelling,pronunciation and doesn't have the same meaning.
pandemonium
homonym is a broad term for words that sound the same. it's like it has two types---homophones and homographs, homophones are words that sound alike but have different spelling and homogrpahs have dthe same spelling but have different meanings
pandemonium
a homograph is a homonyms so technically, it is
mariannetoribio
Homonyms is like left,left it has the same spelling same pronunciation and has different meaning. Homophones is like near,year different spelling same pronunciation and has different meaning. Homographs is like can,can same spelling different pronunciation different meaning. All i need is more examples of Homographs....
pandemonium
okay, homographs doesn't necessarily have to sound the same but they do have the same exact spelling but have different meaning, just like the examples I gave above, homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings, exmaole is hair-hare, bare-bear, lick-leak. Homophones could be both of the two as long as they sound alike, such as you example
pandemonium
okay, homographs doesn't necessarily have to sound the same but they do have the same exact spelling but have different meaning, just like the examples I gave above, homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings, exmaole is hair-hare, bare-bear, lick-leak. Homophones could be both of the two as long as they sound alike, such as your example
pandemonium
If you don't believe me, you can search the meaning in google and prove me otherwise, thank you
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Homographs are words that sound and spell alike but have different meaning.
1. lie- to tell something not true
lie- position of body
2. Tear- secretion from your eye
Tear- to pull something apart
3. Date- going out romantically
Date- month, day or year
4. Bat- a flying mammal
Bat- used to hit baseball
5. Fan- to cool you down
Fan- someone who idolizes someone