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One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

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  1. n. One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
  2. n. two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
  3. One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
  4. One of two or more words identical in orthography, but havingdifferent derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair,a., beautiful.
  5. n. two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)