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What is the hononym for hononym?

This is a bit of a tricky one!

* Homonym is the actual word for a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning (like "bear" the animal and "bear" the verb meaning to carry).

So, there isn't a real homonym for "homonym" in the traditional sense.

* However, you could argue that "homonym" itself is a homonym for "homophone" (words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings).

It's all about how you define "homonym."

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