different between shaping vs hyphenate

English

Etymology

From Middle English shapynge, equivalent to shape +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?p??

Noun

shaping (plural shapings)

1. The action of the verb to shape.
2. (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.

Translations

Verb

shaping

1. present participle of shape

Anagrams

• hasping, pashing, phasing

English

Etymology

hyphen +? -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??f(?)ne?t/

Verb

hyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)

1. (transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
2. (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

hyphenate (plural hyphenates)

1. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
   • 2006, Nick Adams, Making Friends With Black People (page 15)

     We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.

Synonyms

• person