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That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
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two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. `bow')
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a kind of homonym
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a poem in which no two adjacent lines or sentences share a word in common
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a word having the same spelling as another, but a different sound and meaning, as opposed to a homonym and a synonym
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a word that has different meanings depending on the pronunciation
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a word that has the same spelling as another word but with a different pronunciation and meaning
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See under Homonym
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