Homographs: Terminology
Some of these words may have other meanings; the meanings listed below are the ones relevant to the activity
Graph: A written symbol representing a sound or concept of a language (e.g., a letter or a glyph). Often a prefix or a suffix.
Grapheme: A distinct unit of a writing system (e.g., the letters t and g in English).
Homo- (prefix): A form loaned from Greek, meaning "same".
Homograph: A word spelled the same as another yet carries a different meaning. Homographs can have identical or different pronunciations [e.g., hale (adjective, robust)/hale (verb, haul) and lead (the metal)/lead (verb), respectively.]
Homophone: A word pronounced the same as another yet carries a different meaning. Homophones can be spelled differently or have identical spelling [e.g., ant/aunt and bear (noun)/bear (verb), respectively.]
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