Question

what are homonyms
and homophones explain with suitable examples in 150 words​

Answer 1

Answer:

Homophone (pronounced HAH-muh-fone) is Greek for “same sound.” It’s when two or more words have the same sound, but different meanings. They may be spelled the same or differently. When homophones have the same spelling, they’re also called “homonyms.” Homonym (pronounced HAH-muh-nim) means “same name.”That means they have Same sound,same spelling but different meaning.

Homophones but not homonyms

To, too, two

Their, there, they’re

Bear, bare

Fair, fare

Homophones and homonyms

Rose (flower), rose (past tense of “rise”)

Bat (animal), bat (baseball)

Bear (animal), bear (verb)

Fair (festival), fair (equal)

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Answer 2

Answer:

Homonyms are words which have the same spelling and pronuncation but different meaning in different contexts.

let's us take some examples.

1.she went to room and lay down on the bed

2.My husband is busy preparing a bed for the pansies

3.Heat the curry thoroughly and serve it on a bed of rice.

here is the word 'bed' has different meanings on the examples given above.The context of the first sentence is a piece of furniture,in the second context is in the garden ,where as 'a bed of rice' means a layer of rice.