Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A word having the same visible form or spelling as another; a homograph.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of a set of words that sound differently, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.

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