A homonym is one of a group of words that share the same spelling and

the same pronunciation but have different meanings.

Homographs are words that share the same spelling, regardless of their pronunciation.

Homophones are words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling.

The state of being a homonym is called homonymy.

Term…………Meaning………Spelling……..Pronunciation
Homonym………Different…….Same…………Same
Homograph…….Different…….Same…………Same /different
Homophone…….Different…….Same/different..Same