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homograph
[hom-uh-graf, -grahf, hoh-muh-]
noun
a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”
homograph
/ ˈhɒməˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf /
noun
one of a group of words spelt in the same way but having different meanings Compare heteronym
Other Word Forms
- homographic adjective
- ˌdzˈ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of homograph1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Cyber security expert Graham Cluley said the scam - known as a homograph attack - exploits the close similarity between two different characters or letters.
In particular, the tool will seek to tackle the growth of so-called homograph attacks that exploit modern browsers' ability to handle non-English characters.
These homographs, as they're called, can lead to embarrassment not just for holidaymakers but for governments as well.
Mozilla, however, declined to fix it, arguing that it’s Apple’s problem to solve: “it is sadly the responsibility of domain owners to check for whole-script homographs and register them”.
Cleave can be cleaved into two “homographs,” words with different origins that end up spelled the same.
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When To Use
Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different meanings, whether they’re pronounced the same or not. Bass (the fish, rhymes with class) and bass (the instrument, rhymes with ace) are homographs. But so are bark (the sound a dog makes) and bark (the covering of a tree).These two senses of bark can also be considered homophones. You can learn more about the difference in the next section.There are many homographs in English, including many commonly used words, which can make things confusing, even for native speakers.
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