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letter vs ascender

ascender vs letter

letter and ascender both are nouns.

letter is a verb but ascender is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
ascender Yes No No No
As nouns, ascender is a hyponym of letter; that is, ascender is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • ascender: a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
Other hyponyms of letter include descender, digram, digraph, initial, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphone, polyphonic letter, block capital, block letter, vowel, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) ascender (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
an award earned by participation in a school sport someone who ascends
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (verb) ascender (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and ascender

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