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Dash vs. Spirit — What's the Difference?

Dash vs. Spirit — What's the Difference?

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Dash

The dash is a punctuation mark that is similar in appearance to the hyphen and minus sign but differs from these symbols in length and, in some fonts, height above the baseline. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash –, longer than the hyphen; the em dash —, longer than the en dash; and the horizontal bar ―, whose length varies across typefaces but tends to be between those of the en and em dashes.

Spirit

The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul
We seek a harmony between body and spirit

Dash

Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry
I must dash, I'm late
I dashed into the garden

Spirit

The prevailing or typical quality, mood, or attitude of a person, group, or period of time
I hope the team will build on this spirit of confidence
The university is a symbol of the nation's egalitarian spirit

Dash

Strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl
The ship was dashed upon the rocks
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Spirit

Strong distilled alcoholic drink such as brandy, whisky, gin, or rum.

Dash

Used to express mild annoyance
Dash it all, I am in charge

Spirit

A highly refined substance or fluid thought to govern vital phenomena.

Dash

An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily
She made a dash for the door

Spirit

Convey rapidly and secretly
Stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection

Dash

A small quantity of a liquid added to something else
Whisky with a dash of soda

Spirit

A force or principle believed to animate living beings.

Dash

A horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words.

Spirit

A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.

Dash

Impetuous or flamboyant vigour and confidence; panache
He has youthful energy, dash, and charisma

Spirit

Spirit The Holy Spirit.

Dash

Short for dashboard
An indicator on the dash tells you what gear you are in

Spirit

An angel or demon.

Dash

To move with haste; rush
Dashed into the room.
Dashed down the hall.

Spirit

A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon.

Dash

To strike violently; smash
Waves dashing on the rocks.

Spirit

A fairy or sprite.

Dash

To break or smash by striking violently
The ship was dashed upon the rocks.

Spirit

The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings
Though unable to join us today, they are with us in spirit.

Dash

To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence
Dashed the cup against the wall.

Spirit

The essential nature of a person or group.

Dash

To remove by striking or wiping
Dash tears from one's face.

Spirit

A person as characterized by a stated quality
He is a proud spirit.

Dash

To splash; bespatter
Dash water on one's face.

Spirit

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind
Her actions show a generous spirit.

Dash

To write hastily. Often used with off
Dashed off a note to the dean.

Spirit

A pervasive or essential attitude, quality, or principle
The spirit of 1776.

Dash

To drink hastily. Often used with down
Dashed down a glass of milk.

Spirit

An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage
Sang with spirit.
Troops that fought with spirit.

Dash

To add an enlivening or altering element to
A speech dashed with humor.

Spirit

Spirits A mood or emotional state
The guests were in high spirits. His sour spirits put a damper on the gathering.

Dash

To affect by adding another element or ingredient to
Ice cream that was dashed with rum.

Spirit

Strong loyalty or dedication
Team spirit.

Dash

To destroy or wreck
Our hopes were dashed by the news.

Spirit

The actual though unstated sense or significance of something
The spirit of the law.

Dash

To discourage or dispirit
"This discouraging information a little dashed the child" (Charles Dickens).

Spirit

Often spirits (used with a sing. verb) An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance.

Dash

To damn.

Spirit

Spirits An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor.

Dash

A swift, violent blow or stroke
Knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.

Spirit

To carry off mysteriously or secretly
The documents had been spirited away.

Dash

A splash
Threw a dash of water on my face.

Spirit

To impart courage, animation, or determination to; inspirit.

Dash

A small amount of an added ingredient
A dash of sherry.

Spirit

The soul of a person or other creature.

Dash

A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.

Spirit

A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
A wandering spirit haunts the island.

Dash

A sudden movement; a rush
Made a dash for the exit.

Spirit

Enthusiasm.
School spirit is at an all-time high.

Dash

(Sports) A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.

Spirit

The manner or style of something.
In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.

Dash

A spirited quality in action or style; verve.

Spirit

A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

Dash

Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.

Spirit

Energy; ardour.

Dash

In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.

Spirit

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
A ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit

Dash

A dashboard.

Spirit

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
To be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits

Dash

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

Spirit

(obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

Dash

(computing) A hyphen or minus sign.

Spirit

(obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.

Dash

(by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.

Spirit

Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
The spirit of an enterprise, or of a document

Dash

A short run, flight.
When the feds came they did the dash.

Spirit

Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

Dash

A rushing or violent onset.

Spirit

(dyeing) Stannic chloride.

Dash

Violent strike; a whack.

Spirit

To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

Dash

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

Spirit

Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.

Dash

A slight admixture.
There is a dash of craziness in his personality.

Spirit

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
The mild air, with season moderate,Gently attempered, and disposed eo well,That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit.

Dash

Ostentatious vigor.
Aren't we full of dash this morning?

Spirit

A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it.

Dash

A dashboard.

Spirit

Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.

Dash

A bribe or gratuity; a gift.

Spirit

The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.

Dash

A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)

Spirit

Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ye gentle spirits far away,With whom we shared the cup of grace.

Dash

The dashboard of a Tumblr user.

Spirit

Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.

Dash

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
He dashed across the field.

Spirit

Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
"Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.

Dash

To leave or depart.
I have to dash now. See you soon.

Spirit

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.

Dash

(transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

Spirit

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; - often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down.
A perfect judge will read each work of witWith the same spirit that its author writ.

Dash

(transitive) To throw violently.
The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

Spirit

Intent; real meaning; - opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.

Dash

To sprinkle; to splatter.

Spirit

Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
All bodies have spirits . . . within them.

Dash

To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
To dash wine with water

Spirit

Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): - often in the plural.

Dash

To ruin; to destroy.
Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.

Spirit

Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.

Dash

(transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.

Spirit

A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.

Dash

To complete hastily.
He dashed down his eggs.
She dashed off her homework.

Spirit

Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
The four spirits and the bodies seven.

Dash

(transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.

Spirit

Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.

Dash

Damn in forming oaths.
Dash his impudence! Who is that scoundrel?

Spirit

To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; - sometimes followed by up.
Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion.

Dash

(euphemistic) Damn!

Spirit

To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; - often with away, or off.
The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person.
I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity.

Dash

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; - often used with against.
If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound.

Spirit

The vital principle or animating force within living things

Dash

To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces.
To perplex and dashMaturest counsels.

Spirit

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
The feel of the city excited him
A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
It had the smell of treason

Dash

To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car.

Spirit

A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

Dash

To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.
The very source and fount of dayIs dashed with wandering isles of night.

Spirit

Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

Dash

To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; - with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

Spirit

The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection);
His emotional state depended on her opinion
He was in good spirits
His spirit rose

Dash

To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; - with out; as, to dash out a word.

Spirit

The intended meaning of a communication

Dash

To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
[He] dashed through thick and thin.
On each hand the gushing waters play,And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.

Spirit

Animation and energy in action or expression;
It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it

Dash

Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

Spirit

An inclination or tendency of a certain kind;
He had a change of heart

Dash

A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.

Spirit

Infuse with spirit;
The company spirited him up

Dash

A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.

Dash

A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
She takes upon her bravely at first dash.

Dash

Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.

Dash

A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.

Dash

A mark or line [-], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.

Dash

The sign of staccato, a small mark [ ] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.

Dash

A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; - used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

Dash

Distinctive and stylish elegance;
He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

Dash

A quick run

Dash

A footrace run at top speed;
He is preparing for the 100-yard dash

Dash

A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

Dash

The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Dash

The act of moving with great haste;
He made a dash for the door

Dash

Run or move very quickly or hastily;
She dashed into the yard

Dash

Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;
Smash a plate

Dash

Hurl or thrust violently;
He dashed the plate against the wall
Waves were dashing against the rock

Dash

Destroy or break;
Dashed ambitions and hopes

Dash

Cause to lose courage;
Dashed by the refusal

Dash

Add an enlivening or altering element to;
Blue paint dashed with white

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