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Homophone vs Heterophone - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between homophone and heterophone

is that homophone is a word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or'' meaning ''or origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karathttp://wwwmerriam-webstercom/dictionary/homophonehttp://wwwaskoxfordcom/concise_oed/homophone?view=uk while heterophone is a word whose spelling and sound both differ from another’s.

homophone

Noun

(en noun)
  • A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or'' meaning ''or origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karat.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homophonehttp://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/homophone?view=uk
  • A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
  • Usage notes

    A homophone is a type of homonym in the loose sense of that term (a word which sounds or'' is spelled the same as another). (The strict sense of ''homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) A homograph is a word with the same spelling as another but a completely unrelated meaning. Homographs are not necessarily homophones.

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    heterophone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A word whose spelling and sound both differ from another’s.
  • Usage notes

    * Since, taken strictly, this term can be applied to the vast majority of word pairs, its use tends to be restricted to closely-related s that are pronounced differently; for example, the six alternative spellings of ailurophile, which are very similarly spelt but have four different pronunciations between them.