Homophones and homonyms are two different words that sound the same, it usually takes a patient approach to differentiate between these two words if you are not acquainted with them. Homonyms are words that have the same sound and spellings but different meanings. Homonyms are in two distinguished categories; homographs and homonyms. The word ‘Homograph; is derived from two different words, ‘homo’ which means ‘same’, and ‘graph’ which means ‘writing’. Thus, giving homograph its meaning; words that have the same spelling.
For example, bank and bank. I had to go to the bank to make the cash transactions. The mob is as much as the sand at the bank of a river. Homophones, in its own context, refer to words that are similar in sound or pronunciation but have different meanings and spellings. The word ‘homophone’ is derived from two words; ‘homo’ which means ‘same’, and ‘phone’ which means ‘sound’. For example, “weak” and “week”.