comma vs snick

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. 

snick

noun
  • A small cut or mark. 

  • A knot or irregularity in yarn. 

  • A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch. 

  • A sharp clicking sound. 

verb
  • To cut or snip. 

  • To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection. 

  • To make something click, to make a clicking noise. 

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