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Rede vs Hyphen - What's the difference?

rede | hyphen |

As nouns the difference between rede and hyphen

is that rede is speech while 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

(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 "-").

rede

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • (archaic) Help, advice, counsel.
  • * 1603 , William Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", Act 1, Scene 3:
  • Ophelia:
    Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
    Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
    Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
    Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
    And recks not his own rede.
  • * 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , vol. 1:
  • When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede "
  • * 1954 , JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers :
  • ‘Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.’
  • (archaic) Decision, a plan.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) reden, . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To govern, protect.
  • To discuss, deliberate.
  • To advise.
  • :(Chaucer)
  • *:
  • *:The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a kny?tes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus
  • To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
  • :(Chaucer)
  • *1836 , (Thomas Carlyle), (Sartor Resartus)
  • *:The secret of Man's Being is still like the Sphinx's secret: a riddle that he cannot rede .
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    hyphen

    English

    (wikipedia hyphen)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • 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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (colloquial) (Used to refer to a person with a hyphenated name)
  • Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-").
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Synonyms

    * (used as coordinator) slash, cum

    See also

    * minus, minus sign * (Hebrew maqaf) * (wikipedia "hyphen") (punctuation) English coordinating conjunctions ----