: is a colon. Use it to introduce a list of words or statement.
Example - Crime in these cities is high: Detroit, Chicago, and New York.
; is a semicolon. Use it to separate thoughts or parts of a sentence which do not have conjuctions or commas as connectors.
Example - She makes $100 a week; this means she cannot afford luxury clothing.
What are the meanings for and the differences between these : and ; and do you know their names please?
: A colon usually introduces the reader to whatever follows it, signaling: “Here is something you should pay attention to.”
; A semicolon, by contrast, joins together two independently expressed ideas; it also implies a relationship between them.
Reply:: is a colon and ; is a semi colon
wikipedia colon and semi colon because both have too many uses to be stated; moreover, they offer good examples (that's one way to use a semi-colon haha).
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