Difference between Dash and Crash

What is the difference between Dash and Crash?

Dash as a noun is any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). while Crash as a noun is an automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

Dash

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Damn!

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). A short run. A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. A dashboard. One of the two symbols of Morse code.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To run quickly or for a short distance. To leave or depart. To destroy by striking (against). To throw violently. To sprinkle; to splatter. To ruin; to destroy. To dishearten; to sadden. To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

Example sentence: The idea is to offset sexy dresses with a dash of the unexpected and have fun with fashion and accessories.

Crash

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)A comedown of a drug.A company of rhinoceroses.Plain linen.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.(via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation.To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements.To terminate extraordinarily.To cause to terminate extraordinarily.To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: quick, fast, intensive

Example sentence: We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them.

We hope you now know whether to use Dash or Crash in your sentence.

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