homonym
homonym
definition
noun
What exactly are the differences between synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms ?
each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole 1 and pole 2 ) ; a homograph.
translation of 'homonym'
noun
同音词,
同音异义词
example
In 1895 C.S. Sargent assigned it the name R. michauxii to correct Michaux's use of a 'homonym' and to honor its discoverer.
This is clearly an error as Miller and Gurley's younger name could not have priority over Meek and Worthen's older name, unless it was a replacement name for a 'homonym' .
There is one obligatory element of the New Year's feast all over China, and that is a whole fish, because the Chinese phrase ‘have fish’ (you yu) is a 'homonym' of ‘have surplus’, so eating it is supposed to augur well for the new year.
When my first-grader Clare typed in ‘rows’ for ‘rose,’ the device did not recognize the 'homonym' .
Rhett Miller is king of the 'homonym' and double meaning.
Some ambiguities are merely ‘chance 'homonymies' ’ - as with the Greek word ‘kleis’ which means both ‘bolt’ and ‘collar-bone’.
Official codes of nomenclature continue to enforce this rule - one name, one species - although rooting out synonyms and 'homonyms' is a constant struggle.
Actually, what's also more disturbing than misspellings is people mixing up their 'homonyms' .
I've never been good with homophones or 'homonyms' .
Note that your PC spellchecker may not capture all the spelling glitches such as 'homonymous' words, the most commonly found spelling errors in essays.
He fractured grammar to create double or triple meanings; he developed enigmas to give his readers the satisfaction of interpreting them; he used a vocabulary of 'homonyms' and antonyms to create multiple possible meanings…
So much humor depends upon 'homonyms' and creative mishearing.
Each court reporter might use different conventions to represent 'homonyms' or other ambiguous words.
A word like walk is polysemous (went walking, went for a walk, walk the dog, Cheyne Walk), while a word like bank is 'homonymous' between at least bank for money and bank of a river.
Personally, I don't mind the more obscure 'homonyms' , but when someone mixes up ‘right’ and ‘write,’ or ‘knight’ and ‘night,’ it makes me really mad.
Of course, the difficulty here is to provide a list that is as comprehensive as it is unambiguous, which is nearly impossible given 'homonymous' words such as 'like' (verb, adverb, preposition and conjunction).
Obviously, ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’ are 'homonyms' .
Turning from the CWA to that other Calgary writing group, the CWA… we discover just what a headache 'homonymous' acronyms can be.
You may have noticed that 'homonymy' and polysemy are very similar.
Here, she's playing off the 'homonymic' quality of ‘poll’ and ‘pole.’
Though as Dave Heasman points out far too often, I still mix up 'homonyms' .
The pun lost status in English, despite a wealth of 'homonyms' .
But, beyond that, 'homonymy' seems to have been, even for Plato, no more than a source of ambiguity for wordplay.
Read aloud again, looking for word problems: missing words, wrong 'homonyms' (their when you mean there), misspellings, grammatical errors, and confusing words.
Much of the chatter derives from the abundance of 'homonyms' in Chinese, where a single sound can carry many meanings.
Ear (of corn) and ear (the organ) are examples of 'homonymy' , because etymologically the former derives from Old English éar while the latter derives from Old English éare.
The author may choose to use a specific word because it is polysemic or 'homonymic' .
Still, the basic idea is sound: given that most of our misspellings are now corrected for us by computers, the only thing standing between us and perfect spelling is 'homonyms' .
What exactly are the differences between synonyms, antonyms, and 'homonyms' ?
'Homonyms' can present an especially difficult problem because they sound alike, but the different spellings mean different things.
Credits: Google Translate
