How do you get a lower or higher tilde/~?

Question

I want to presents hours and say from hour x to hour y by using sample '~'. Please guide me how I can present the symbol "~"?

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In contrast to How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX?, I'm particularly interested in controlling the vertical placement of the ~.

Answer 1

In comments you indicated that it is the height of the ~ that is your concern, perhaps one of these does what you want:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

a\textasciitilde b\raisebox{-1ex}{\textasciitilde}c\raisebox{-1.2ex}{\textasciitilde}d\raisebox{-2ex}{\textasciitilde}e

\end{document}