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descender vs letter of the alphabet

letter of the alphabet vs descender

descender and letter of the alphabet both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
descender Yes No No No
letter of the alphabet Yes No No No
As nouns, letter of the alphabet is a hypernym of descender; that is, letter of the alphabet is a word with a broader meaning than descender:
  • descender: a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
  • letter of the alphabet: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
Other hypernyms of descender include alphabetic character, letter.
descender (noun) letter of the alphabet (noun)
(printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
someone who descends
Difference between descender and letter of the alphabet

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