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What is the difference between a homophone and a homonym?
The main difference between a homophone and a homonym is that a homophone is a word that had the same phonetic sound as another word but has different meanings and functions; whereas, a homonym is a word that has the same spellings or pronunciation but have different functions and meanings.
Homonynms :
Fly:
Sentence 1: You have to fly to Delhi to attend that interview.
Sentence 2: There is a fly in my cup.
Letter:
Sentence 1: He used to send me letters when he was away.
Sentence 2: You forgot the letter ‘E’ in the word epitome.
Palm:
Sentence 1: I don’t believe in palm-reading.
Sentence 2: You can find coconut palm in Malaysia.
Park:
Sentence 1: There is a beautiful park right in front of her mansion.
Sentence 2: You can’t park your car in the no-parking zone.
Point:
Sentence 1: Don’t point your fingers at her on your mistake.
Sentence 2: He made a valid point in the meeting today.
Ring:
Sentence 1: Rahul is going to buy a diamond ring for his wife.
Sentence 2: Don’t forget to ring me before you come home.
Rock:
Sentence 1: There are majorly three types of rocks – Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic.
Sentence 2: She constantly rocks him to sleep.
Rose:
Sentence 1: She loves red roses.
Sentence 2: She rose to the designation of vice-president recently.
Spring:
Sentence 1: It is not bouncing much because it has lost its spring.
Sentence 2: Spring is one of the four major seasons.
Stalk:
Sentence 1: In hunger, he started chewing on the stalk of the grass.
Sentence 2: He was detained for stalking a woman for long.
Address
Sentence 1: Take my address and send all the posts there.
Sentence 2: The Prime Minister is going to address the crowd tomorrow.
Band
Sentence 1: I love attending musical band performances.
Sentence 2: I don’t prefer to tie my hair with a band.
Bat
Sentence 1: Her bat got old hence, she wanted a new one.
Sentence 2: Bats are usually seen at night.
Match
Sentence 1: I love watching cricket matches.
Sentence 2: Sonam and Raghav make a great match.
Mean
Sentence 1: He has a mean personality.
Sentence 2: I didn’t mean to offend him.
Right:
Sentence 1: You have to take a right turn to reach that supermarket.
Sentence 2: Her decisions are often right
