Question

explain with examples the following ---- homophones and homographs.

Answer 1

Homophones are the words that sound similar but have different meanings.

E.g.- Sun and Son
Sun means the star sun around which all the planets revolve and rotate.
Son means a male offspring.

Homograms are the words that have same spelling but different meanings.

E.g.- Bat
Bat means cricket bat and also a small and black nocturnal animal.

Answer 2

Homophones are two words or more than two words which have a similar pronunciation, but are spelt different and have a different meaning or a different origin. 

Examples of homophones: 

1) Hole – refers to a hollow place or a place that needs to be filled. 

    Whole – refers to "total" or "full". 

2) Meat - refers to "flesh of an animal" 

    Meet - refer to "coming together" 

3) Bare - meaning  "empty"

    Bear - meaning "carrying" or the animal. 

Homographs are words which might be pronounced in a different way, but spelt exactly the same and has a completely different meaning. 

Examples of homographs are: 

1) Advocate - a person who who supports a cause publicly or it can also mean to recommend or campaign for something. 

2) Content - Being happy  or things that are included in something. 

3) Desert - could mean "a dry land" or " to abandon or leave"