comma vs instant

comma

noun
  • A brief interval. 

  • A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways. 

  • In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma. 

  • The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. 

  • A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia. 

  • A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence. 

verb
  • To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas. 

instant

noun
  • A very short period of time; a moment. 

  • A single, usually precise, point in time. 

  • A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee. 

adj
  • Present; current; extant. 

  • Very quickly and easily prepared. 

  • Of the current month. 

  • Occurring immediately; immediate; present. 

  • Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived. 

adv
  • At once; immediately. 

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