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uppercase vs upper-case letter

upper-case letter vs uppercase

uppercase and upper-case letter both are nouns.

uppercase is an adjective but upper-case letter is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
uppercase Yes Yes No No
upper-case letter Yes No No No
As nouns, uppercase and upper-case letter are synonyms defined as:
  • uppercase and upper-case letter: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Other synonyms of uppercase include capital, capital letter, majuscule.
uppercase (noun) upper-case letter (noun)
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
uppercase (adjective) upper-case letter (adjective)
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Difference between uppercase and upper-case letter

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