free lance vs free-lance

free lance and free-lance both are nouns.

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