http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Words/wjjhr/post.htm#715449Mon, 04 May 2009 21:20:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:715449AlpheccaStars0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Words/wjjhr/post.htm#715449http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-715449.xmlDirectly quoted from dictionary.com: Homonym, homophone, and homograph designate words that are identical to other words in spelling or pronunciation, or both, while differing from them in meaning and usually in origin. Homophones are words that sound alike, whether or not they are spelled differently. The words pear “fruit,” pare “cut off,” and pair “two of a kind” are homophones that are different in spelling; bear “carry; support” and bear “animal” are homophones that are spelled alike. Homographs are words that are spelled identically but may or may not share a pronunciation. Spruce “tree” and spruce “neat” are homographs, but so are row “line” and row “fight” as well as sewer “conduit for waste” and sewer “person who...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Words/wjjhr/post.htmMon, 04 May 2009 16:31:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:715105Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Words/wjjhr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-715105.xmlWhat is the difference between a homonym, homophone, and a homograph?