Where does homophony collide?

In linguistics, homophony is the relation between words or morphemes that share a pronunciation but differ in meaning, and often in spelling, as with “to,” “too,” and “two.” Crystal's A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics treats it as a kind of lexical ambiguity, distinct from homography (same spelling) and from polysemy (one word, related meanings). The referent is a sound-identity relation among distinct lexical items, diagnosed by phonetic transcription and minimal-pair contrast, a wholly different construct from a musical texture, sharing only the Greek roots for same sound.[1]

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A set of distinct words or morphemes with identical pronunciation

Recovery means

Not applicable

Measured by

Identified by matching phonetic transcriptions across items that differ in meaning

In music, homophony is a texture in which a single melodic line is supported by accompanying parts that move largely in the same rhythm, so the ear follows one tune over blocked or arpeggiated chords rather than several independent voices. Kostka, Payne, and Almén's Tonal harmony and Randel's The Harvard dictionary of music place it among the textural categories alongside monophony and polyphony, defined by the subordination of accompaniment to a leading melody. The referent is a relationship among simultaneous musical parts, described by voice independence and rhythmic alignment, not a pair of like-sounding words, despite the shared same-sound etymology.[2][3]

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The textural relationship between a lead melody and its rhythmically aligned accompaniment

Recovery means

Not applicable

Measured by

Assessed by the number of independent parts and the rhythmic alignment of accompaniment to melody