Difference between Equal and Half-and-half

What is the difference between Equal and Half-and-half?

Equal as a verb is to be equal to, to have the same value as. while Half-and-half as a verb is alternative spelling of half and half

Equal

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be equal to, to have the same value as. To have as its consequence.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The same in all respects. Exactly identical, having the same value. Unvarying, fair. Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person or thing of equal status to others.

Example sentence: Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

Half-and-half

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Alternative spelling of half and half

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Alternative spelling of half and half

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Alternative spelling of half and half

We hope you now know whether to use Equal or Half-and-half in your sentence.

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