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Homophones -?????? Words that have the same pronunciation; their spellings and meanings are different. 

Example- Fair, Fare; Sole, Soul; Vein, Vain.

Homographs- 

Words that have the same spellings, their meanings are different; sometimes they are pronounced differently too. 

Example- Chest, bank, fair.

The word desert is pronounced in two ways and has two different meanings.

Homonyms- It is a wider term.words that sound the same or are spelled the same but have different meanings are both homonyms.

Example - Fair and fare are homonyms.

Bank(where you deposit money) and bank (of a river) are also homonyms.

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