Q5. Compare homophones, homonyms, homograph.
Ans. :- Homophones :- The term homo means similar. Homophones are two same words in pronunciation but different in meaning. Homophones may soundalike but may also have different spellings. Examples- a) Ad The ad for new shampoo interested me. b) Add I can add up the work as per your choice.
In the above two sentences, the word add and ad can be pronounced in a similar fashion. However, the meanings and use of each of the word is different.
Homonyms :- Homonyms are two different words with same pronunciation and same spellings but different meanings. Similar words with similar spellings change their meaning depending upon what kind of a sentence it is and in what pretext is the word being used. Examples- a) Bid Ramesh placed a winning bid at the auction. b) Bid The gentleman bid the child a farewell. In the above two sentences, the word bid is pronounced and spelled identical but used indifferent meanings in the sentence.
Homographs:- Homographs are also known as heteronyms, here the words have the same spellings
but different meanings, origins and pronunciations. For instance,
a word like homer, one meaning can bean ancient unit of measure and another meaning can be a homerun. Example :- a) Beat Can you beat him at the scores b) Beat The police walks his beat at night. Here the spellings are same but pronunciation and meaning are totally different.
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