homonym

English Thesaurus

1. two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	word,
definition	:	a unit of language that native speakers can identify (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	homograph,
definition	:	two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	homophone,
definition	:	two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) (noun.communication)