comma vs stound

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. 

stound

noun
  • A moment or instance of urgency; exigence. 

  • A receptacle for holding small beer. 

  • A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack. 

  • A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging 

  • A stand; a stop. 

  • A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush. 

  • Astonishment; amazement. 

verb
  • To stop to listen; pause. 

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