* Homophones: Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
* Examples:
* there, their, they're
* to, too, two
* hear, here
* Homonyms: Words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings.
* Examples:
* bat (a flying mammal) and bat (a piece of equipment used in baseball)
* bank (a financial institution) and bank (the edge of a river)
* bow (to bend down) and bow (a type of knot)
Homographs are a subset of homonyms. They have the same spelling but different meanings and often different pronunciations. For example:
* bow (to bend down) and bow (a type of knot)
* lead (a heavy metal) and lead (to guide)
In summary:
* Homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
* Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings.
* Homographs have the same spelling but different meanings and often different pronunciations.