different between hyphen vs tilde

English

Etymology

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (huphén, “together”), contracted from ??’ ?? (huph’ hén, “under one”), from ??? (hupó, “under”) + ?? (hén, “one”), neuter of ??? (heîs, “one”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?ha?.f?n/
• Rhymes: -a?f?n

Noun

hyphen (plural hyphens)

1. The 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.
2. (figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.
3. An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
4. Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

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 "?" (hyphen), ? (non-breaking hyphen) and the non-visible soft hyphen.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hyphen (third-person singular simple present hyphens, present participle hyphening, simple past and past participle hyphened)

1. (transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

Conjunction

hyphen

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

Synonyms

• (used as coordinator): slash, cum

See also

• minus, minus sign
• ? (Hebrew maqaf)
• hyphen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.f?n/

Noun

hyphen m (plural hyphens)

1. Old symbol with the shape of a curved stroke, formerly used in French instead of the modern hyphen, with the same function.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of title, tittle, and titulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ld?/, /?t?ldi/
• Rhymes: -?ld?

Noun

tilde (plural tildes)

1. The grapheme of character ~.
   1. A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
   2. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
   3. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
2. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Usage notes

Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.

Synonyms

• squiggle, twiddle

Derived terms

• overtilde
• undertilde
• zilde

Translations

See also

• ASCII
• hyphen
• swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.

Anagrams

• lited, tiled

Asturian

Noun

tilde f (plural tildes)

1. (orthography) accent

Synonyms

• acentu

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

tilde

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of tillen

Anagrams

• leidt

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tilde/, [?t?ilde?]
• Rhymes: -ilde
• Syllabification: til?de

Noun

tilde

1. tilde

Declension

Synonyms

• aaltoviiva

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tild/

Noun

tilde m (plural tildes)

1. tilde

Further reading

• “tilde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• délit, ledit

Interlingua

Noun

tilde

1. tilde

Italian

Noun

tilde m or f (plural tildi)

1. tilde (all senses)
2. (typography) tilde, squiggle

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tilde/, [?t?il?.d?e]

Etymology 1

From tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o).

Noun

tilde m or f (plural tildes) (usually feminine)

1. accent mark, i.e. acute accent

   Synonym: acento ortográfico

2. tilde

   Synonym: virgulilla

3. criticism, censure

Usage notes

• In Spanish, the term tilde refers to a diacritic in general (including the tilde on top of ñ) but it is primarily used to designate the acute accent, as in á. The term virgulilla is used to specifically refer to the tilde on top of ñ.

Derived terms

• atildar

See also

• acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance

Etymology 2

Verb

tilde

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tildar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tildar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tildar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tildar.

References

Further reading

• “tilde” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tilde]

Noun

tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

1. tilde

Declension