Heteronyms
Heteronyms are words that can be pronounced two different ways, and the pronunciation changes the meaning of the word. The name comes up, I think, because in a sense they are two distinct words that happen to be written in the same way, hence the Greek roots "homo" and "graph" meaning "same" and "writing." I thought this up on a road trip with a friend and we spent a half hour or so trying to think of examples.
- axes
- bass
- bow
- buffet
- does
- lead
- minute
- moped
- putting
- sewer
- skied
- sow
- tear
- wind
- wound