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homophony
  1. (music) a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords.
  2. The quality of being homophonous.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.”
      “This piece juxtaposes the calm homophony of the choir with a more mobile organ part.”
      “The solo violin with orchestral accompaniment is an example of this type of texture: homophony.”
homophone
  1. A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
  2. A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Participants were instructed to respond with the first associated word that came to mind after hearing the homophone.”
      “We know from much evidence that native speakers of all written languages use context to disambiguate homophone pairs that have a single written form.”
      “It was further amended on 24 June 2013 to correct the homophone referring to Kevin Owens as Locog's former design principle, rather than principal.”
homophones
  1. plural of homophone
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In my own pronunciation, for example, latter and ladder are homophones, unless I'm trying hard to convey the distinction.”
      “He never learnt Irish and his philological arguments tended to invoke specious homophones and improbable etymologies.”
      “The problem of spelling syllabic r is compounded by numerous pairs of homophones.”
homophonies
  1. plural of homophony
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