Homophones
Two words are homophones, if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning and spelling. Notable example are: Bare and bear.
Cease Seize
Face Phase
Lice Lies
Gross Grows
Seal Zeal
Fears Fierce
Brother Broader
Hear Here
Gun Gum
Confession Confusion
Bums Burns
Lather Ladder
Homonyms
Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings. Examples are:
Spring Spring
Flock Flock
Plate Plate
Class Class
Play Play
Pressure Pressure
Key Key
Swing Swing
Show Show
In summary, homophones and homonyms are very important in our daily spoken English. We need them not only for communication, but for good grammatical structure in letter writing, essay writing and other daily usage.