different between omonym vs namesake

omonym

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namesake

English

Etymology

name +? sake. From the phrase "(one's) name's sake"; first recorded in the mid-seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

enPR: n?m?s?k, IPA^(key): /?ne?mse?k/

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

(originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
Synonym: eponym
(by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
A person with the same name as another.

Translations

Verb

namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)

(transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.

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