Associations to the word «Heteronym»
Noun
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Wiktionary
HETERONYM, noun. (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning.
HETERONYM, noun. (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
Dictionary definition
HETERONYM, noun. Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.