freelancer vs free-lance

freelancer and free-lance both are nouns.

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

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

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

freelancer (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

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