The English Language: Homonyms and Homophones

Homonyms and Homophones

Homonyms and Homophones are interesting words that have very special properties.

Homonyms are a set of words which are spelled the same and pronounced the same, but have different meanings.

Jet (the object), Jet (the process of Jetting)
Mint (a flavor of gum), Mint (the process of creating coinage)
Organ (a musical instrument), Organ (Part of a living thing, distinct from the other parts, that is adapted for a specific function)
Yard (a patch of grass outside of a house), Yard (a unit of measurement equaling three feet)

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Homophones are a set of words which are pronounced the same, but spelled differently.

Cell/Sell
Chord/Cord
Genes/Jeans
Hour/Our
Moose/Mousse
Pair/Pear/Pare
Ware/Wear/Where
Their/They're/There (See the "Helpful Hubs" section below for an in-depth hub on this topic)
To/Too/Two (See the "Helpful Hubs" section below for an in-depth hub on this topic)

Some words are both a homonym and a homophone, as noted below:

Grate (the metal piece over a storm drain), Grate (what you do to cheese before putting it on pasta).
Grate/Great

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