About The Word Homonymy
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Homonymy
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What's The Definition Of Homonymy?Synonyms | Synonyms for Homonymy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Homonymy: See Also | Homonymy In Webster's Dictionary \Ho*mon"y*my\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homonymie.]
1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.
--Holland.
Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons.
--Fuller.
2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which
are different; ambiguity.
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