hyphen |
mishyphenation |
As nouns the difference between hyphen and mishyphenation
is that
hyphen is symbol "", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line while
mishyphenation is the placement of a hyphen in the wrong place in a word split across lines.
As a verb hyphen
is (dated) to separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
As a proper noun hyphen
is (colloquial) (
used to refer to a person with a hyphenated name).
As a conjunction hyphen
is (
used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-").
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