homophones,homonyms & homographs, oh my!

[Lee]

I was shocked at all the conflicting info that I found on the internet when regarding the difference between homophones and homonyms. And then there is homographs! Now I am totally confused! Will someone please enlighten me as to the difference between a homonym, homophone and homograph?
Thanks!

 

[kristen_teach]

Here's what I go by

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Homonym: One of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as cleave meaning "to cut" and cleave meaning "to adhere" (coincidentally, also antonyms!))[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Homophone: One of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or spelling (as the words to, too, and two)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Homograph:[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] One of two or more words spelled alike but different in meaning or pronunciation (as the bow of a ship, a bow and arrow)[/FONT]

Found on http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html

"Homo" means same:

Homonym = Same Name
Homophone = Same sound (you can hear through a phone)
Homograph = Same look