2007-03-09 02:40:43 · 8 answers · asked by moore2727 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
homophones
2007-03-09 02:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by wunluv06 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They are called homophones. Here is an easy way to remember this:
homo=same
phone=sound
So homophones means "same sound."
For more information on homophones, as well as a long list, see this link:
2007-03-09 02:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by all_about_spelling 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 words that are suggested the comparable way, yet spelled otherwise (beau and bow) are homophones. 2 words that are spelled the comparable way, yet are suggested otherwise (bow and bow) are homonyms. (Take a bow after a overall performance; Shoot an arrow with a bow.) a minimum of it particularly is how I understood it. i'm not beneficial, nonetheless?
2016-12-18 09:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by mundell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called homophones.
That comes from 2 Greek words for alike and sound.
2007-03-09 04:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hom·o·phone
–noun 1. Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
2007-03-09 02:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homophones. Which AREN'T stylish communication devices used by effette urbanites.
2007-03-09 02:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by Timothy S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This might help in the future:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym
2007-03-09 02:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are called homphones.
2007-03-09 02:50:22 · answer #8 · answered by PE7E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋