How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?
A simple text introduces homonyms, words that sound and look the same but have different meanings, and homophones, words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meaning.

Homonyms are
words that have different meanings but are pronounced the same or spelled the same. The word homonym can be used as a synonym for both homophone and homograph.
How many types of homophones are there?
Homonyms are words that have different meanings but are pronounced or spelled the same way. There are
two types of homonyms: homophones and homographs. Homophones sound the same but are often spelled differently.
Homonym Examples
Homonym |
Meaning 1 |
Meaning 2 |
band |
a musical group |
a ring |
bark |
a tree's out layer |
the sound a dog makes |
bat |
an implement used to hit a ball |
a nocturnal flying mammal |
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What are homonyms functions?
A homonym is a
word that has a different meaning than another word but is pronounced the same or spelled the same or both. The word homonym can be used as a synonym for both homophone and homograph. It can also be used to refer to words that are both:
1 homophones and
2 homographs.

How can I learn homophones easily?
How to learn1 homophones?
- Link the words with others that you know:
- Look at the letter that is different. Think of a link that helps you remember the meaning. Draw pictures and write the words in a cross, like this:
- Look for small words within the main word:
Some examples of 1 homophones
1 |
Ad |
Add |
2 |
Ball |
Bawl |
3 |
Caret |
Carrot |
4 |
Dual |
Duel |

- Homographs are words that are spelled alike but are different in meaning or derivation or pronunciation. Sometimes these words sound different (as in the bow of a ship, and the bow that shoots arrows), and sometimes these words sound the same (as in quail meaning 'to cower' and quail meaning a type of bird)
- Some examples of 2 homograph
- Bear - To endure ; Bear - Animal.
- Close - Connected ; Close - Lock.
- Lean - Thin ; Lean - Rest against.
- Bow - Bend forward ; Bow - Front of a ship.
- Lead - Metal ; Lead - Start off in front.
- Skip - Jump ; Skip - Miss out.
- Fair - Appearance ; Fair - Reasonable
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