Definition of "homophony" [ho•moph•o•ny]

• The quality or condition of being homophonic. (noun)
• Homophonic music. (noun)

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• "He based this on the homophony and homography of the first singular, and 'homophony' of the 2nd singular pronoun."
• "However, despite their surface homophony, the underlying phonemic structure of “set” and “said” are sufficiently different as to render them very unlikely candidates for human confusion."
• "Akkadian also inherited homophony from Sumerian, the capacity of different signs to represent the same sound."