{"id":3246,"date":"2024-01-03T21:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T12:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hyperlapsephotography.com\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2024-01-04T03:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:10:19","slug":"time-lapse-or-timelapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperlapsephotography.com\/time-lapse-or-timelapse\/","title":{"rendered":"This Simple Difference Between Time Lapse or Timelapse, And Time-Lapse"},"content":{"rendered":"
I often get asked what the correct spelling of Time-Lapse is? Is it Time Lapse or Timelapse, or even Time-Lapse?<\/span><\/div>\n
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In this post I\u2019ll explain why I use them all, and the ridiculously simple answer to answer the debate time lapse or timelapse?<\/span><\/div>\n
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The good news is if you ask me, they\u2019re all fine. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Especially if we consider that 99% of people are searching for the wrong spelling. <\/span><\/div>\n
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According to Google only one percent of the world searches for the time using the correct spelling.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Which begs the question, if you want information about time lapse photography how should you even search for it?<\/div>\n
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Is it Time Lapse or Timelapse?<\/span><\/h2>\n

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This is a question I use to ask myself when first starting out. Googling is it time lapse or timelapse? Then learning there’s even an option with time-lapse?<\/div>\n
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Oh the conundrum, if it wasn’t enough to learn about intervals, shutter speed, frame rate or if I should use aperture priority or manual mode for holy grail time lapses, I didn’t even know the correct spelling of the thing I was spending most of my time doing.<\/div>\n
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Luckily I didn’t have to type the word often and would just say it.<\/div>\n
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I still see quite a few people asking online which is why I wanted to tackle it.<\/div>\n
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Technically speaking, time-lapse is a compound word that originated in 1927 but it’s “CORRECT’ spelling is so underused that less than 1% of the world uses the correct spelling.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Which if that’s the case, isn’t that just strange?<\/div>\n
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Definition of Time Lapse?<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Merriam-Websters-Definition-of-the-term-time-lapse\"<\/p>\n

According to Merriam-Webster the correct spelling is time-lapse. You\u2019re more than welcome to use that, but it\u2019s not the full story.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The reason it’s not, is because NO ONE uses that word. Which I think is quite funny because every year words get used so much that they enter the dictionary.<\/div>\n
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So don\u2019t get annoyed when others use different spelling. <\/span><\/div>\n
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I’ll often use all three interchangeably.<\/span><\/div>\n

Why I use Time Lapse the most.<\/span><\/h2>\n
According to Google Trends,\u00a0<\/span>most of the world population uses the term time lapse to search for time-lapse.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\"A-graphic-showing-Google-trends-and-how-many-more-people-use-time-lapse\"<\/div>\n

\nThe second most common word people use to search for the term is timelapse.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The third most is Time-lapse with a search volume that Google defines as “not enough data” to even register it.<\/span><\/div>\n
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So if I want to help as many people as I can improve their time lapse photography? Which one should I use, the answer is easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Time lapse with a space.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Is it the most technically correct, no.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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But do people care if they are improving their skills and learning along the way? I don\u2019t think so.
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Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n
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This is one of those things I don’t have a strong opinion on. As I understand compound words, they are all completely interchangeable and if I were to be a stickler and try to correct everyone it’d be an uphill battle that would make me annoying to the very people I’m trying to help. People learning time lapse photography.<\/div>\n
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That doesn’t make much sense in my book and I\u00a0think if I was trying to learn something new and people just kept telling me I was wrong about the spelling instead of trying to teach me the information I would get over them quicker than a poop-flavored lollipop.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks for reading, if you want to level up your time lapse and hyperflow skills check out my course.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Want to Learn Time Lapse? Check out these FREE tutorials.<\/span><\/div>\n
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How To Edit Holy Grail Time Lapses like a pro.<\/a><\/div>\n
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How to Shoot Hyper-Lapses on Your Smartphone.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Difference Between Time Lapse and Hyperlapse?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How to stabilize ANY Hyperlapse.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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