PHONETIC COINCIDENCE AND SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HOMONYMS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

This article identifies and examines phonetic similarities and semantic differences of homonyms in English language. One of the biggest difficulties in the English language, which everyone, without exception, faces, is that words with the same spelling or sound can have completely different meanings. Often, sentences with such words, that is, homonyms, confuse a person, since the translation of each word separately does not make it possible to understand the meaning of the sentence as a whole. This type of words is found in the language quite often, however, within the framework of the study of homonyms of the English language, the problem of homonymy remains poorly understood. The concept of homonymy is investigated and a comparative analysis of the phenomenon of homonymy in the English language is made.When choosing a word, you need to know its meaning, use, as well as compatibility with other words, in order to avoid misunderstandings