free-lance vs free lance

free-lance and free lance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
free-lance	Yes	Yes	No	No
free lance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, free-lance and free lance are synonyms defined as:

free-lance and free lance: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Other synonyms of free-lance include freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person.

free-lance (noun)	free lance (noun)
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them	a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

free-lance (adjective)	free lance (adjective)
working for yourself
serving for wages in a foreign army