Difference between Homophonous and Homonym

What is the difference between Homophonous and Homonym?

Homophonous as an adjective is having the same pronunciation. while Homonym as a noun is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.

Homophonous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having the same pronunciation.

Homonym

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a (same sound) or a (same spelling).A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

We hope you now know whether to use Homophonous or Homonym in your sentence.

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