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Drip vs. Dash — What's the Difference?

Drip vs. Dash — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Drip and Dash

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Drip

To fall in drops
Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.

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.

Drip

To shed drops
An umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.

Dash

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

Drip

To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid
A speech that dripped with sarcasm.
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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

Drip

To let fall in or as if in drops
A brush dripping paint.
A speech that dripped invective.

Dash

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

Drip

The process of forming and falling in drops.

Dash

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

Drip

Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.

Dash

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

Drip

A slight intermittent flow or leak
Fixed the drip in the faucet.

Dash

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

Drip

See drip feed.

Dash

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

Drip

The sound made by liquid falling in drops
Listened to the steady drip of the rain.

Dash

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

Drip

A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.

Dash

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

Drip

(Slang) A tiresome or annoying person.

Dash

To strike violently; smash
Waves dashing on the rocks.

Drip

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

Dash

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

Drip

(intransitive) To leak slowly.
Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

Dash

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

Drip

(transitive) To let fall in drops.
After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.
My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.

Dash

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

Drip

To have a superabundance of valuable things.
The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
The duchess was dripping with jewels.

Dash

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

Drip

To rain lightly.
The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.

Dash

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

Drip

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

Dash

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

Drip

To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

Dash

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

Drip

A drop of a liquid.
I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.

Dash

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

Drip

A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.

Dash

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

Drip

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.

Dash

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

Drip

(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!

Dash

To damn.

Drip

(architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

Dash

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

Drip

Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.

Dash

A splash
Threw a dash of water on my face.

Drip

(finance) A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.

Dash

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

Drip

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

Dash

A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.

Drip

To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel.

Dash

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

Drip

To let fall in drops.
Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.

Dash

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

Drip

A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
The light drip of the suspended oar.

Dash

A spirited quality in action or style; verve.

Drip

That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.

Dash

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

Drip

Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid;
There's a drip through the roof

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.

Drip

The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;
The constant sound of dripping irritated him

Dash

A dashboard.

Drip

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Dash

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

Drip

Fall in drops;
Water is dripping from the faucet

Dash

(computing) A hyphen or minus sign.

Drip

Let or cause to fall in drops;
Dribble oil into the mixture

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

A rushing or violent onset.

Dash

Violent strike; a whack.

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

A dashboard.

Dash

A bribe or gratuity; a gift.

Dash

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

Dash

The dashboard of a Tumblr user.

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

To sprinkle; to splatter.

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

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

Dash

(transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.

Dash

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

Dash

(euphemistic) Damn!

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.

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.

Dash

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

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.

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.

Dash

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

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.

Dash

Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

Dash

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

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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