perfect rhyme

American  

noun

1. rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as rain, reign; rich rhyme.

2. full rhyme.

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perfect rhyme British  

noun

1. Also called: full rhyme.  rhyme between words in which the stressed vowels and any succeeding consonants are identical although the consonants preceding the stressed vowels may be different, as between part/hart or believe/conceive

2. a rhyme between two words that are pronounced the same although differing in meaning, as in bough/bow

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perfect rhyme

Of course, to Adams “fire” and “desire” may be the perfect rhyme.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2015

I like making words fit together like puzzle pieces, and coming up with the perfect rhyme.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

English literature is full of illustrations of the old pronunciation of ea, as in "Hudibras;"               "Doubtless the pleasure is as great                In being cheated as to cheat," which was then a perfect rhyme.

From Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life by Bright, Mynors

And yet for every moment’s task there comes a moment’s time: The burden and the strength to bear are like a perfect rhyme.

From The Girl Wanted by Waterman, Nixon

He repeated it over and over to himself, dwelling joyously on its perfect rhyme, until he was convinced it was a good poem and that Skim had enviously slandered it.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)