Associations to the word «Homograph»

Wiktionary

HOMOGRAPH, noun. A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology, such as "bear", the animal, and "bear", to support, to tolerate, etc.

Dictionary definition

HOMOGRAPH, noun. Two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair).

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche