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Visible vs Hyphen - What's the difference?

visible | hyphen |

As an adjective visible

is able to be seen.

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

(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 "-").

visible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be seen.
  • *
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  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
  • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close

    Synonyms

    * apparent

    Antonyms

    * invisible * hidden

    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 "-").
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  • Synonyms

    * (used as coordinator) slash, cum

    See also

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