Heteronym

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heteronym \Het"er*o*nym\, n.
     That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name
     or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  heteronym
       n : two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way
           but differ in pronunciation (e.g. `bow')