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Homograph

Homograph is a word that is spelled the same as another but is pronounced differently. A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as another word, but a different meaning. Example: The spelling to cleave may denote to adhere to or to divide or split. Occasionally, one can also encounter homographs that are not homonyms (i.e. the spelling is the same, but the pronunciation is different for each meaning). Such words include "bow" (front part of a ship) which in Received Pronunciation has a slightly more open and less rounded vowel than "bow" (bow tie, bow and arrow). Another example is Berkeley (the name of the university is pronounced differently than the name of the bishop).

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