Does Miss and Ms. fit under the category of homonyms or homophones, or are they under another category?

Answer 1

They are not pronounced the same way, at least in most parts of the country.

Miss = mis

Ms. = miz

Answer 2

so what is their category? Can you give me another example of this?

Answer 3

Homonyms share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.

http://www.editingandwritingservices.com/homonyms.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone

Miss and Ms. are titles, just as are Mrs. and Mr.

Answer 4

those were just examples, so they are homographs?

Answer 5

They are not homographs. They have different sounds, different spellings, and different meanings.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/

Answer 6

Can you give me another example that is similar to MIss and Ms. ?

Answer 7

The only connection I see between Miss and Ms. are that they are titles: Dr. Mr., Mrs.

Many short words start with mi: mid, miff, Mig, mil, mitt, mix