Homophones are “one of two or more words, such as night and knight,
which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes
spelling.”
For example:
- there and their
- ad and add
- air and heir
- ball and bawl
- night and knight
- which and witch
- right and write
- sea and see
- steel and steal
Homonyms are words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as the noun bear and the verb bear,
Homographs are words that have the same spelling but differ in origin, meaning,
and sometimes pronunciation.
- ewes and use
- carat and carrot
- oar and or
