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[conuly]

I'd like this link very much, except for one small problem...

Those aren't homonyms. They're homophones. Get it right!

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[rachelkachel]

What's a homonym, then?

[conuly]

The opposite. Two words spelled/said alike but with different meanings, like cleave and cleave (to bring together and to split apart, respectively).

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

I think that there ought to be a separate category for those (admittedly few) fascinating words like cleave which are their own antonyms!!

It just blows me away that these words can exist. Sanction is another.

[allophone.livejournal.com]

There is a name for those kind of words. They're called auto-antonyms.

[conuly]

I knew there had to be a name for them.

Wait.

There's a name for them?

How many words like cleave can there be?

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Thank you veddy much. :-)