What do you call words that sound alike and are spelled alike, but they have different meanings, depending on how they’re used i

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Serga [27]

3 years ago

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What do you call words that sound alike and are spelled alike, but they have different meanings, depending on how they’re used i

n a sentence? Antonyms Homonyms Homophones Synonyms

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Nana76 [90] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-16T13:37:08+03:00

Nana76 [90]3 years ago

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It's called Heteronyms

andrey2020 [161] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-16T15:59:07+03:00

Hi!

The correct answer would be Homonyms.

Homonyms are the words that have similar spellings, pronunciation, but different meanings. Example: rose (flower) & rose (past tense of rise) are homonyms.

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings, are not spelled or pronounced alike generally. Example: hot & cold are antonyms of each other.

Synonyms are words that have similar meanings, and are not spelled or pronounced alike generally. Example: sad & unhappy are synonyms of each other.

Homophones are words that sound alike, but have different meanings and different spellings too. Example: ad & add are homophones.