Homonym and Homophone

Homonym noun - Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.

Homophone and homonym are semantically related in regardless of meaning or spelling topic. In some cases you can use "Homophone" instead a noun "Homonym".

Homophone noun - Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear).

Homonym and homophone are semantically related in but differing in meaning topic. You can use "Homonym" instead a noun "Homophone".