Homophones and Homonyms

Homonyms are words that have different meanings but are spelled or pronounced the same.    

Types of homonyms:

1. Homophones

2. Homographs

Flower and Flour

Homophones (meaning “same sound”)are words that are PRONOUNCED the SAME but have different meanings, often with different spellings. Here are some more examples of homophones: 

·         flower and flour
·         knight and night
·         brake and break
·         buy and bye 
·         cell and Sell
·         cite and site
·         die and dye
·         eye and I
·         hear and here
·         know and no
·         knew and new 
·         male and mail
·         marry and merry 
·         meet and meat
·         peace and piece
·         Right and write
·         ring and wring
·         Sea and see
·         soul and sole 
·         sun and son
·         some and sum
·         wait and weight

·         Steal and steel                               

                                          

 BAT   and  BAT

Homographs are words that are SPELLED the SAME but may have a different or a same Pronunciation with DIFFERENT meanings. Example: ring: jewellery worn on a finger and ring: call someone on the phone

Here are some more examples of homographs: 

·        Bank: (financial institution) and Bank (the side of a river)

·        Bear (animal) and bear (to carry)

·        Bat (flying mammal) and bat (sports equipment)

·        Kind   (sympathetic, helpful) and kind (type)

Common homographs with different pronunciations

·        close (nearby) / close (to shut)

·        object (item) / object (to protest)

·         present (gift) / present (to show)

·        tear (drop of fluid from the eye) / tear (to rip)