Introduction I write this article in response to a lesson that I taught my pupils on homonyms. I happened to mention that there are other homo -s and mentioned a homophone. They got all confused, and so I started an impromptu lesson on something I picked up during Linguistics lessons in teacher's college. Homonyms Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Words like fair (to be equal) and fair (a fun event you go to) are homonyms. They sound the same but their spelling may or may not be different, and their meanings are definitely different. Other homonyms include bear (the animal) and bear (to put up with something). Homophones Homophones are a subset of homonyms. Since they're a subset, they're also homonyms as well. Homophones sound alike but have different spelling and meanings. So both meanings of fair quoted for homonyms cannot fall under homophones. Words like pair (double) and pare (peel) are homophones. Other homophones include
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