"Homonyms may be words with identical pronunciations but different spellings and meanings, such as to, too, and two. Or they may be words with both identical pronunciations and identical spellings but different meanings, such as quail (the bird) and quail (to cringe). Finally, they may be words that are spelled alike but are different in pronunciation and meaning, such as the bow of a ship and bow that shoots arrows..." - Merrian Webster

or taking the bow... So it can sound or be pronounced the same but have different meanings (and can have the same or similar meanings.) And of course it can be spelled exactly and have two completely opposite and entirely different meanings, And a total different pronunciation. Or it can be spelled different and have the same exact pronunciation, so that in the pronunciation ties the meanings back together

Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language. Wikipedia

Base and root word mean(Core substance FUNDAMENTAL), prefix suffix...