different between linkify vs hyperlink

English

Etymology

link +? -ify

Verb

linkify (third-person singular simple present linkifies, present participle linkifying, simple past and past participle linkified)

1. (Internet, informal) To convert (a piece of text) to a hyperlink.

Related terms

• linkification

Translations

English

Etymology

hyper- +? link, or a blend of hypertext +? link

Noun

hyperlink (plural hyperlinks) (dated)

1. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

2. (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function.

Synonyms

• link

Hypernyms

• link

Hyponyms

• backlink

Derived terms

• hyperlinking

Related terms

• hypertext
• linkify

Descendants

• ? Danish: hyperlink

Translations

Verb

hyperlink (third-person singular simple present hyperlinks, present participle hyperlinking, simple past and past participle hyperlinked)

1. (of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink.
2. To add a hyperlink to a document.
3. To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.

Translations

Further reading

• hyperlink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From English hyperlink.

Noun

hyperlink n (definite singular hyperlinket, indefinite plural hyperlinks or hyperlink, definite plural hyperlinkene)

1. (computing, Internet) a hyperlink

Further reading

• “hyperlink” in Den Danske Ordbog