Can you wind the wind? Can you tear a tear? Can you lead to lead? What are these examples called? [duplicate]
The Wikipedia entry for homonym has a table like yours:
Term | Meaning | Spelling | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|---|
Homonym | Different | Same | Same |
Homograph | Different | Same | (No requirement) |
Homophone word | Different | (No requirement) | Same |
Homophone phrase | Different | Different | Same to varying degree |
Heteronym | Different | Same | Different |
Heterograph | Different | Different | Same |
Polyseme | Different but related | Same | (No requirement) |
Capitonym | Different when capitalized | Same except for capitalization | (No requirement) |
Synonym | Same | Different | Different |
Antonym | Opposite | Different | Different |
Auto-antonym | Opposite | Same | (No requirement) |
Synophone | Different | Different | Similar |
Homophones are words which are pronounced in same way but may be spelt in different ways. For example:
cite, site, and sight
Homonyms are words which are spelt in the same way but pronounced and meant in different ways. For example,
minute [noun] and minute [adjective]
These words are pronounced in different ways when used to mean 'a unit of time' and 'tiny'.