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Homographs, Homophones and Homonyms

It’s easy to confuse homographs with homophones and homonyms, but if you think about each word, they make more sense.

Homo-, as you know, means “same,” so the end of each word tells us what is the same.

• Homograph - “Graph” has to do with writing or drawing. When you think about a graph, you envision a picture. If you read graphic novels, you know they have pictures. Someone drew them. So “homograph” means “same picture” or “same writing.” Homographs are written (spelled) the same.

• Homophone - “Phone” has to do with sound. When you talk on the telephone, you hear the other person’s voice. Phonology is the study of a language’s sounds. So “homophone” means “same sound.” Homophones are pronounced the same.

• Homonym - “Nym” means “name.” Stevie Nicks and Stevie Wonder have the same first name, but they clearly are different people. It’s the same with homonyms. They’re spelled the same (like homographs) and pronounced the same (like homophones), but have different meanings. “Bow,” for example, means both “to bend at the waist” and “the front of a boat.”

There is a whole class of homographs that end in -ate, usually with one being a verb and the other being a noun or an adjective related to it. For example:

• "Advocate" can be pronounced with a long "a" sound and mean “to speak or write in support of”

• "Advocate" can also be pronounced with a short "a" sound and refer to a person who supports or pleads the cause of another.