A homograph is a word spelled the same as another word but not the same in meaning — and often not the same in origin, grammar, or pronunciation either.

A homograph是 a word一個字 spelled the same as another word拼法跟另一個字一樣 but但 not the same in meaning意思不一樣 and而且 often通常 not the same in origin, grammar, or pronunciation either來源、文法或發音也常常不一樣

The usual classroom pair is record the noun (a disc, a written note, stress on REC-) and record the verb (to capture sound, stress on -CORD). Lead the metal (said LED) and lead meaning "go first" (said LEED) are homographs that do not even share a sound.

The usual classroom pair課堂上最常舉的一對例子 is就是 record the noun (a disc, a written note名詞的record（a disc唱片、a written note書面紀錄） 重音在REC stress on REC and和 record the verb (to capture sound動詞的record（to capture sound錄下聲音） 重音在CORD stress on -CORD Lead the metal (said LED)金屬的lead （said唸作LED） and和 lead meaning go first (said LEED)意思是「帶頭」的lead （said唸作LEED） are是 homographs同形異義詞 that do not even share a sound連發音都不一樣

Bat the animal and bat the wooden stick share both spelling and sound; whether you still call those homographs, or save the name homonym for them, depends on which teacher you ask.

Bat the animal動物的bat and和 bat the wooden stick球棒的bat share both spelling and sound拼法和發音都一樣 whether you still call those homographs你要不要還是把它們叫做同形異義詞 or save the name homonym for them或把homonym這個名稱留給它們 depends on which teacher you ask要看你問的是哪個老師

Though actually, linguists have never fully agreed. Some books treat homonym as the umbrella and slide homograph (same letters) and homophone (same sound) under it. Some want a homograph to come from two different histories, not just two different meanings.

Though actually不過 linguists語言學家們 have never fully agreed從來沒有完全一致的看法 Some books有些書 treat homonym as the umbrella把homonym當作總稱 and slide homograph (same letters) and homophone (same sound) under it把homograph(拼法相同)和homophone(發音相同)放在它底下 Some有些人 want a homograph to come from two different histories則要求同形異義詞要來自兩段不同的歷史 not just two different meanings而不只是兩個不同的意思

School exams usually want the simple picture: same spelling, different meaning, and the sound may or may not match. You will almost never need this word outside a language class.

School exams學校考試 usually通常 want the simple picture只想要簡單的版本 same spelling, different meaning拼法相同、意思不同 and而 the sound may or may not match發音可能一樣也可能不一樣 You will almost never need this word你幾乎不會用到這個字 outside a language class除了在語言課以外