homonym
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He included the bite mark for scale to set the apple apart from similar round fruit like cherries -- learning only later it was a homonym for the computer term "byte".
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
“This is really problematic,” Trinkle says, pointing out a word that has a homonym with a similar definition.
From Washington Times • May 29, 2023
The other constant is a sticky rice cake or nian gao, a homonym for "grow higher every year".
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023
The last happened in 2018 when a competitor spelled a word’s homonym correctly without having been given the definition or told that a homonym existed.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022
John, or more exactly his homonym, repeated the pronouncement, adding: "The word was made flesh."
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar
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