alleryStart learning →Skate meaning to glide and skate meaning a fish are which kind of homonyms?
APolysemous pairs
BCapitonym pairs
CHeteronym pairs
DTrue homonyms
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. True homonyms
The two skates are unrelated in origin, which is what marks true homonyms.
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