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
A math equation refers to its creator, Alexander Friedmann, whose surname is a homonym for “free man.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Samuel Butler, whose rashness was astounding, had the courage to call his homonym of the Analogy a "poor creature"!
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
For more information about homonyms, see “Words and Language.”
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
One such riddle relies on synonyms and homonyms, requiring the solver to climb through both literal and metaphorical definitions to arrive at the eventual answer: poetry itself.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Can I assume it was intended to demonstrate the difference between heteronyms and homonyms by placing it adjacent to John Ficarra’s hilarious essay?
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2021
A young man biked around the court wearing a pig mask and military hat, referencing homonyms for the accused TV host’s name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
Of course, she meant to say “locking” rather than “baking,” but this is precisely what is so tricky about acronyms and homonyms.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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