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Same spelling, different sound, total stranger inside — the word with a secret identity.
means A word spelled identically to another but pronounced differently and meaning something else, like lead the metal versus lead the way.
from From Greek heteros, other, plus onyma, name — literally the other name wearing the same costume.
Context decidesOnly the sentence reveals which pronunciation is meant
Subset of homographsEvery heteronym is a homograph, not vice versa
Reader nightmareYou wound the bandage and read the book