【英国问答】Homophone和homonym(1/2)

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        A question from Sokhom in Cambodia:
What is the difference between a homophone and a homonym?
         
       

        Hints:
        Sokhom
        K-N-E-W
        N-E-W
        M-E-E-T
        M-E-A-T
        R-O-A-D
        R-O-D-E
        B-E-A-N
        B-E-E-N
        英式拼法，全部不加双引号
Hello Sokhom. Thank you for your question concerning two terms connected to pronunciation and spelling, namely homophones and homonyms.
I'll start with homophones. These are words which have the same pronunciation but which are different in both spelling and meaning. Listen to the following two examples and identify the homophones.
I was amazed that I knew the answer to every question in the test.
I bought a new car yesterday. Would you like to see it?
So, the homophones are knew, spelt K-N-E-W and meaning that I had the knowledge of something, and new, spelt N-E-W and meaning the opposite of old. Here are a few other homophones, meet, spelt M-E-E-T or M-E-A-T. Road, spelt R-O-A-D and R-O-D-E. Bean, spelt B-E-A-N and B-E-E-N.