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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek hom?nymon, from neuter of hom?nymos Date: 1697 1. a. homophone b. homograph c. one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail) 2. namesake 3. a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank — compare synonym • homonymic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a word of the same spelling or sound as another but of different meaning; a homograph or homophone. 2 a namesake. Derivatives: homonymic adj. homonymous adj. Etymology: L homonymum f. Gk homonumon (neut. adj.) (as HOMO-, onoma name)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Homonym Hom"o*nym, n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.] A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]

Moby Thesaurus

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