Comments on: Homograph Examples

By: trixieescalante

trixieescalante — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:52:05 +0000

tnx for the example of heteronyms

By: bob

bob — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:53 +0000

hmmmmm what about buffet …………

By: y.p.sekhar

y.p.sekhar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:37:02 +0000

please add some more examples for homonyms ,homophones and homographs..because students faced so many difficulties to build up thier knowledge on grammer

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:12:44 +0000

I believe your definition of a homograph is wrong hence causing the confusion with the words ‘wave’ and ‘bat’ etc. A homograph is a word that is spelt the same but has a different meaning. The pronunciation can be the same or different; either way it is a homograph. A heteronym on the other hand is a type of homograph where the pronunciation is different (but the spelling is still the same).

e.g. bass: type of fish OR deep voice – homograph and heteronym (spelt the same pronounced differently)
down: lower place OR soft stuff on bird – homograph and homonym (spelt the same AND pronounced the same)

By: joanna li

joanna li — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:44:36 +0000

tnx so much