Bible Dictionaries
Homophone
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
(2):
(n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Homophone'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/homophone.html. 1828.