a word that is spelled the same as another, but is different in meaning, origin, grammar, or pronunciation. For example, the noun 'record' is a homograph of the verb 'record' homonym, homophone homophone (homo- + -graphos )
A word or a symbol which is visually the same as another, but which represents a different sound or meaning A special form of homographs occur with names in Chinese; for, even though a single Han character may be pronounced the same, and refer to the same canonical family name, families who wish to distinguish themselves from others using the same name often create a slightly modified form of the character which they use for their own name In Unicode, these stylistic variations on a single character are not distinctly encoded; however, a mechanism for indirectly encoding this information in Unicode plain text format is currently under consideration
a word which has the same spelling as another but different meaning, derivation, or pronunciation Same as "homogram " See also: heteronym, homonym, homophone
a word that is spelled the same as another word but differs in meaning and origin and may differ in pronunciation and syllabication [e g , bow (and arrow) vs bow (bend at the waist)]