Definition of Homophane
Hom"o*phone (?), n. [Cf. F.
homophone. See Homophonous.] 1. A
letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
Gliddon.
2. A word having the same sound as another,
but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as,
all and awl; bare and bear; rite,
write, right, and wright.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling and meaning.
Note This term is distinct from homonym (a word which sounds or is spelled the same as another) which is correctly applied only to words that are identically spelled but have different meanings, usually based on distinct etymologies. See also: homograph.
- A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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