Difference between Short-term and Short

What is the difference between Short-term and Short?

Short-term as an adjective is of or pertaining to the near or immediate future. while Short as an adjective is having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Short-term

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of or pertaining to the near or immediate future. of or pertaining to a short duration of time

Short

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: abruptlyunawaresbrieflycurtlywithout achieving a goal or requirementof a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of fullWith a negative ownership position.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short circuit.shortstopA short sellerA short sale

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause a short circuit in (something).Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.To shortchange.To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.Of comparatively little height.Having little duration; opposite of long.Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).that bounced relatively far from the batsmanrelatively close to the batsmanbrittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrustmissing, deficientAny financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Example sentence: The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

We hope you now know whether to use Short-term or Short in your sentence.

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