homonym
/ˈhɑm·əˌnɪm/, /ˈhoʊ·mə-/ n [C] grammarDefinition
› a word that is spelled the same as another word but that does not have the same meaning: "Close" as a verb and "close" as an adjective are homonyms. › A homonym is also a homophone.
(Definition of homonym n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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