Apostrophe vs Contractions - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between apostrophe and contractions

is that apostrophe is while contractions is .

From (etyl) apostrophe, or (etyl) apostrophus, from (etyl) .

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(en noun)

(orthography) The text character , which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

* greengrocer's apostrophe

In English, the apostrophe is used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers.

From (etyl) apostrophe, from (etyl) .

(en noun)

(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

* apostrophically

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