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Old 23-Oct-2006, 16:59
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Default Re: close - pronunciation

Thank you for your responses, but, according to this (Homonym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), homonyms have the same pronounciation, different meanings.
(word close has two types of pronunciation; that is why I don't consider it a homonym)

Maybe it could be considered the heteronym, as James said. However, I don't know what shall I imagine when the word "heteronym" is pronounced. You say it is similar to homonym (to some extent.... to what extent?) and it is a homograph as well... What is it, then?
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