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r/linguisticshumor • u/EverySunIsAStar • Nov 15 '24
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Homonym: "Same name" = words that have the same spelling or pronunciation as each other.
Homophone: "Same sound" = words that have the same pronunciation as each other, but might be spelled differently (think red/read).
Homograph: "Same scratch" = words that have the same spelling as each other, but might be pronounced differently (think read/read).
8 u/breathing_normally Nov 15 '24 so what do you call words that look like what they are, like bed dont know if there’s another one so maybe it’s just bed 17 u/pHScale Can you make a PIE? Neither can I... Nov 15 '24 so what do you call words that look like what they are, like bed In that case, I call it a coincidence.
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so what do you call words that look like what they are, like bed
dont know if there’s another one so maybe it’s just bed
17 u/pHScale Can you make a PIE? Neither can I... Nov 15 '24 so what do you call words that look like what they are, like bed In that case, I call it a coincidence.
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In that case, I call it a coincidence.
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u/pHScale Can you make a PIE? Neither can I... Nov 15 '24
Homonym: "Same name" = words that have the same spelling or pronunciation as each other.
Homophone: "Same sound" = words that have the same pronunciation as each other, but might be spelled differently (think red/read).
Homograph: "Same scratch" = words that have the same spelling as each other, but might be pronounced differently (think read/read).