bow- I take a bow

bow- bow and arrow

live- where do you live?

live- the tv show is live

content- I am content

content- table of contents

bass- I like to eat blackened bass

bass- a bass guitar

@Anna

Nice example!

@Toby

I‘m afraid I don’t get your last comment. And in your example, are you referring to the German article „die“ and the English verb „die“ or are you suggesting that the English verb „to die“ and the noun „die“ singular of „dices“ are pronounced differently? As far as I know, they’re homophones.

Homonym comes from the Greek homo which means “same” and onym which means “name.”
When we talk about words, however, what should we use to define their names?
Homonyms can be defined as two or more words that share the same spelling, or the same pronunciation, or both, but have different meanings.

Since there are several “types” of homonyms (e.g., same spelling but different pronunciation, same pronunciation but different spelling, same spelling and same pronunciation), further categorization is needed. We can say that homonyms represent the big category, from which 3 sub-categories emerge:

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Homophones: two or more words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings.
They may or may not be spelled the same way.

Examples: write and right, desert (to abandon) and desert (a thing deserved)

Homographs: homonyms that share the same spelling. They may or may not have the same pronunciation.

Examples: present (a gift) and present (to introduce), row (argument) and row (propel with oars)

Heteronyms: those are homonyms that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations.
That is, they are homographs which are not homophones.

Example: desert (to abandon) and desert (arid region)

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