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tuesday | hyphen |

As nouns the difference between tuesday and hyphen

is that tuesday is the third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday 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 an adverb Tuesday

is on Tuesday.

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 name

As a conjunction hyphen is

Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

tuesday

English

(Week-day names)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

    • Derived terms

    * Black Tuesday * ecstasy Tuesday * Fasten-Tuesday, Fastens-Tuesday * Fat Tuesday * Happy Tuesday * Hock Tuesday * Holy Tuesday * Mini-Tuesday * Pancake Tuesday * Patch Tuesday * Pentecost Tuesday * see you next Tuesday * Shroft Tuesday * Shrove Tuesday * suicide Tuesday * Super Tuesday * * Tue, Tues * Tuesday blues * Tuesday Group * Tuesdays * Whitsun Tuesday * Whit Tuesday, Whit-Tuesday

    Adverb

    (-)
  • on Tuesday

    • See also

    *

    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.

    Related terms

    * hyphenate * hyphenated * hyphenation * hyphenator

    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 "-").
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    • Synonyms

    * (used as coordinator) slash, cum

    See also

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