dash vs hyphen

dash

noun
  • The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. 

  • Violent strike; a whack. 

  • The dashboard of a Tumblr user. 

  • A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 

  • Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). 

  • A rushing or violent onset. 

  • A short run, flight. 

  • Ostentatious vigor. 

  • A slight admixture. 

  • A bribe or gratuity; a gift. 

  • A dashboard. 

  • A hyphen or minus sign. 

intj
  • Damn! 

verb
  • To leave or depart. 

  • To complete hastily. 

  • To ruin; to destroy. 

  • To dishearten; to sadden. 

  • To sprinkle; to splatter. 

  • To run quickly or for a short distance. 

  • To destroy by striking (against). 

  • To draw or write quickly; jot. 

  • To throw violently. 

hyphen

noun
  • The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line. 

  • Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc. 

  • An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings. 

  • Something that links two more consequential things. 

conj
  • Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-". 

How often have the words dash and hyphen occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )