Hom"o*phone (?), n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.]
1.
A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
Gliddon.
2.
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
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