A heteronym is a homograph with differing meaning and pronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Do “We Need a Good, Violent Movie About Salamis”?] Reference
Their stories were varied enough that some of their pennames conveyed a "heteronym," a term coined by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa who wrote his poetry and prose under a variety of pen names. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquarian Weird Tales: Our Pulp Fiction Heritage and the Significance of Moldering Magazines] Reference
Interesting that the homograph and heteronym pages missed a few, like Nice/nice. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Do “We Need a Good, Violent Movie About Salamis”?] Reference
Neither's completely perfect for instance a homograph doesn't imply that the pronunciation is different and the heteronym doesn't imply that the meaning need be different. From Wordnik.com. [Homographs and Heteronyms] Reference
For what it's worth, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym claims that the word we really want is "heteronym". From Wordnik.com. [Why do so many homophones have two pronunciations?] Reference
My guess is that all ten of them will know homonym, fewer than half will be familiar with homograph, and possibly one or two may recognize heteronym. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Carl Withey Elbridge, New York Donald Drury Long Beach, California A Harvest of heteronyms Try these out on the first ten people you meet: (1) homonym, (2) homograph, (3) heteronym. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
It’s not like finding some trappings for some culture funny is boiling that culture down to something to be laughed at, and it’s not disrespectful to embrace and be amused by kitsch, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. heteronym 1:54 pm on February 3, 2009 | # | Reply. From Wordnik.com. [“REDNECK” WEDDING CAKES AND GETTING MARRIED RIGHT » Sociological Images] Reference
Less well known is heteronym (same spelling, but different sound, e.g., sow meaning ` pig 'and sow meaning "planting seeds'). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4] Reference
Incipient (d) 13. (a) heteronym. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed] Reference
(37) slough (the only triple heteronym so far encountered by this investigator): (a) SLAU ` deep mud or mire. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
A - heteronym. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed] Reference
(Pompano Beach, FL), lungerJoel Chinkes (Atlanta, GA), river tier eveningJoel Chinkes (Atlanta, GA), mamma ruggedJoel Chinkes (Atlanta, GA), titi flowerJoel Chinkes (Atlanta, GA), James Storrow (New York City), morel salveEven before the original article appeared in VERBATIM, Georgia Gaspar (a friend in Long Beach, CA) directed my attention to this quadruple heteronym. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1] Reference
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