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hyphen
vs.
semicolon
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hyphen
hyphen vs. semicolon
hyphen
[
hahy
-f
uh
n ]
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noun
verb (used with object)
semicolon
[
sem
-i-koh-l
uh
n ]
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noun
the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.