English and Logical Reasoning Prep GuideEnglishHomophones & Analogy

Two words have identical sound and spelling but not related in meaning. It is known as:

Options

AHomophone
BHomonymy
CHomograph
DPolysemy

Correct answer

B. Homonymy

Step-by-step solution

In linguistics, homonyms, broadly defined, are words which are homographs or homophones, or both. Two words have identical sound and spelling but not related in meaning. It is known as homonymy.

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