DEFINITION

2.) The Online Merriam-Webster Dictionary also states that, a ** "homonym" ** is, "One of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but in different meaning (as in the noun Quail and the verb quail)."

__**Perspective:**__ From the perspective of someone who does not speak the English language well, ** homonyms are - verbally - just as confusing as homophones. **

~ Considering that homonyms are both spelled and said the same way, they are confusing in both spoken and written communication!

//** INTERESTING FACT!!! **//


 * In the text Language Exploration and Awareness chapter on “Words and Lexiconography, the author, Larry Andrews references James B. Hobbs’ //Homophones and Homographs: An American Dictionary// (Andrews 101). If you look this dictionary up on amazon.com, you discover that, in the English language, Hobbs “defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs.” **


 * WHAT NEXT? **