Homonym
Homonyms are words that share the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings, such as bank meaning a river edge or a place where money is kept. Poets may use homonyms to create puns, double meanings, or a brief moment of surprise when one word carries more than one sense.
Example
I sat by the bank and watched the current move,
while my thoughts drifted to the bank where coins are saved.
Related Definitions
[n] two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
Related Terms
actual thing, antonym, articulation, carbon copy, copy, dead ringer, ditto, Doppelganger, double, duplicate, equivalent, exact counterpart, expression, facsimile, free form, homograph, homophone, idem, identical same, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, lo