different between heterophone vs heterophony

English

Etymology

hetero- +? -phone

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h??t?r?f?n, IPA^(key): /?h?t????f??n/

Noun

heterophone (plural heterophones)

1. A word whose spelling is the same, but sound differs from another’s, such as potato (p?-t??t? vs p??te?.to?)

Usage notes

• This term can be applied to many word pairs and its use can include closely-related homeographs that are pronounced differently; for example, the six alternative versions of ailurophile, which have four different pronunciations among them.

Related terms

• heterophonic
• heterophonous
• heterophony

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See also

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (heteroph?nía). Synchronically, hetero- +? -phony.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?t?r??f?n?, IPA^(key): /h?t????f?ni/

Noun

heterophony (countable and uncountable, plural heterophonies)

1. (music) The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.

Related terms

• heterophone
• heterophonic
• heterophonous

Translations

See also

• heterophony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• polyphony

References

• “heterophony” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]