Definition of Homogreph
Hom"o*graph (?), n. [Gr.
"omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the
same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.) One of
two or more words identical in orthography, but having different
derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a
market, and fair, a., beautiful.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A word that is spelled the same as another but has a different meaning and usually a different etymology (such as "bear", the animal, and "bear", to support, to tolerate, etc); thus all homographs are homonyms (but not vice versa.)
German
- homograph
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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