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letter vs descender

descender vs letter

letter and descender both are nouns.

letter is a verb but descender is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
descender Yes No No No
As nouns, descender is a hyponym of letter; that is, descender is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • descender: a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, 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) descender (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization (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
an award earned by participation in a school sport someone who descends
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (verb) descender (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and descender

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