homonym

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  1. noun One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).
  2. noun A word used to designate several different things.
  3. noun A namesake.
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  • A kind-of homonym is Tahiti, a far-away exotic locale whose image would not seem (unless I'm missing something) to be suggestive of what's going on here.
  • "That's a homonym, not a synonym A what A word that sounds the same, but means something else," Gwenny said. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
  • On Dec, 20, 2005, the first post on this blog pointed to a homonym error, reign for rein. —  Blog updates
  • Honestly, are people so uneducated that every Digg submission containing a homonym should be butchered beyond repair? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • I guess this is not an intentional homonym for "sores". —  MetaFilter
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  1. Latin homōnymum, from Greek homōnumon, from neuter of homōnumos, homonymous; see homonymous.

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  1. Formerly also homonyme; = French homonyme = Spanish homónimo = Portuguese homonymo = Italian omonimo, from Latin homonymus, from Greek ὁμώνυμος, having the same name, from ὁμός, the same, + ο%36νυμα, ο%36νομα, name: see onym, name.
 

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/ˈhoʊmənɪm/
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