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From:	John(HI) (cpe-66-91-34-13.hawaii.res.rr.com)
Subject:	I'm no English major; however,
Date:	February 22, 2008 at 6:37 pm PST

In Reply to: No, you still don't understand posted by Tom ZeCat on February 22, 2008 at 4:15 pm:

homonyms are normally defined as words sharing the same spelling and sound but having different meanings (e.g., "tire" as on a car, and "tire" as to lose energy). Whereas, homophones are words that are spelled differently but sound the same (such as "to, two, too").
The reason I happen to know this is that I recently corrected Scott Adams' (Dilbert cartoonist) use of the word "reigns" when he meant "reins" (homophonic, not homonymic).

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