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51Թ comparison: em dash vs. semicolon
em dash vs. semicolon
em dash
noun
Printing.
a dash one em long.
semicolon
noun
the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.