Examine verse using words with similar spelling that don't sound the same (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
eye rhyme
'words with similar spelling that don't sound the same' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'examine verse' is the wordplay.
'examine' becomes 'eye' (I've seen this in another clue).
'verse' becomes 'rhyme' (a rhyme is a piece of verse).
'eye'+'rhyme'='EYE-RHYME'
'using' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eye rhyme that I've seen before include "Keats and Yeats, for example" , "For example know how" , "scan piece of poetry" , "Maid said, for example" , "Similarity in spelling but not sound as in love and move" .)