heteronym (Crossword)

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• (literature) The literary concept of heteronym
• Word having same spelling but different sound and meaning
• A name of a thing in one language that is a translation of the name in another language
• Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e
• Term coined by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa to describe an alter ego through which poets/authors can create work
• A word having the same spelling as another, but a different sound (pronunciation) and meaning: opposite of homonym and synonym
• (linguistics) A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that is written identically but has a different pronunciation and meaning

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