Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and origins, while homophones are pronounced the same but differ in spelling, meaning, or origin. For example, "bank" can refer to a financial institution or the land alongside a river, and homophones include "new" and "knew", which sound identical but have different spellings and meanings. Homographs and homophones are distinguished by homophones necessarily being pronounced the same while homographs only need to be spelled the same.

1. A homograph is one of two or more
words that are spelled alike but not
necessarily pronou nced alike and
have different meanings. This usua-
lly arises from two words having
different origins.
A homophone is one of two or more words that are
pronou nced the same but differ in their meaning,
origin, or spelling. The difference between homo-
graphs and homophones is that homophones must
be pronou nced alike. They don’t need to be spelled
alike; in fact, many of them are not. But they need
to be pronou nced the same.
Take the nou n “bank.” In one ins-
tance, “bank” can mean a place
where money is kept, but, in another
instance, “bank” can also mean a
pile of dirt or rocks designs to hold
back water
There are many many examples of
homophones. Some are new and
knew, carat and caret, complement
and compliment, to, too, and two,
there, their, and they’re, etc.
Homograph and homophones