Homonymy

/hˈɒmənˌɪmi/

/hˈɑːmənˌɪmi/

Homonymy

a linguistic phenomenon where words share the same form (spelling or pronunciation) but have different meanings, contributing to lexical ambiguity and requiring context for proper interpretation

Examples

1. Polysemy is different from homonymy, where the same word has multiple meanings that are unrelated.