Hyphen vs Triangular - What's the difference?
hyphen | triangular |
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.
(figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.
(Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-").
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Shaped like a triangle.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.
As a noun 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.As a verb hyphen
is to separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.As a proper noun hyphen
is Used to refer to a person with a hyphenated nameAs a conjunction hyphen
is Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".As an adjective triangular is
shaped like a triangle.hyphen
English
(wikipedia hyphen)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
Because the original symbol "-" (technically the hyphen-minus) covered usages aside from hyphenation there have been additional subsequent symbols created for hyphenation needs. They include the " (non-breaking hyphen) and the non-visible soft hyphen.Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)Synonyms
* (used as coordinator) slash, cumSee also
* minus, minus sign * (Hebrew maqaf) * (wikipedia "hyphen") (punctuation) English coordinating conjunctions ----triangular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}