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Vocabulary Entry
homophone
|noun
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noun
A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and often a different spelling.
Example Sentences
"The words 'to', 'two', and 'too' are all homophones."
"In poetry, writers often use homophones to create puns."
"The teacher explained homophones using the examples 'bare' and 'bear'."