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S vs Apparition - What's the difference?

s | apparition |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun apparition is

an act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    apparition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
    • The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. – .
    The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. – .
  • The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
    • Which apparition , it seems, was you. – Tatler.
  • An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
    • The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition. – .
    I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition . –
  • (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of becoming visible) appearance * (a preternatural appearance) vision * See also

    Related terms

    * apparent * appearance