A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning, and may differ in spelling. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too.
Using a diptych or Triptych, showcase this linguistic term in a single word or phrase.
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Please keep this open minded as spoken accents can play a big part in perception:
In some accents, various sounds have merged in that they are no longer distinctive, and thus words that differ only by those sounds in an accent that maintains the distinction are homophonous in the accent with the merger. Some examples from English are:
pin and pen in many southern American accents.
merry, marry, and Mary in most American accents.
bacon and "beer can" in a Jamaican accent.
The pairs do, due and forward, foreword are homophonous in most American accents but not in most British accents.
The pairs talk, torque, and court, caught are distinguished in rhotic accents such as Scottish English and most dialects of American English, but are homophones in many non-rhotic accents such as British Received Pronunciation.
Wordplay is particularly common in English because the multiplicity of linguistic influences offers considerable complication in spelling and meaning and pronunciation compared with other languages.
Homophones of multiple words or phrases (as sometimes seen in word games) are also known as "oronyms".
"ice cream" vs. "I scream" (as in the popular song "I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream.")
"euthanasia" vs. "Youth in Asia"
"the sky" vs. "this guy"
"four candles" vs. "fork handles"
"sand, which is there" vs. "sandwiches there"
"example" vs. "egg sample"
"some others" vs. "some mothers" and also vs. "smothers"
"minute" vs. "my newt"
"real eyes" vs. "realize" vs. "real lies"
"a dressed male" vs. "addressed mail"
"them all" vs. "the mall"
"one-sided" vs. "once I did"
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