Words with the same spelling and sound but different meanings are called homonyms. A stricter definition sometimes separates them from homophones (same sound, different meaning and spelling) and homographs (same spelling, different meaning and sometimes sound), but "homonym" is the correct term for the specific case described.
The words having the same sounds and spelling but different meanings are called ____?
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