- Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations;
- Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings;
- Homonyms are words that either sound or are spelled identically but have different meanings.
You might find it interesting that the word „date” has 5 meanings, „nail” has 4, „second” has 4, too, and the word „club” has 7 relevant meanings!
If you feel like devoting your next coffee break to finding out the most common examples of the three categories above, click on the link below to check out 21 examples with definitions and explanations, presented by FluentU:
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-words-with-multiple-meanings/