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S vs Appetite - What's the difference?

s | appetite |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun appetite is

desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

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 ----

    appetite

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite . There is something humiliating about it.}}
  • Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
  • * (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
  • If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.
  • The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
  • * (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
  • The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
  • A taste, preference.
  • Quotations

    * 1904 , (Arthur Conan Doyle) in (The Adventure of Black Peter) *: And I return with an excellent appetite . There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast. But I am prepared to bet that you will not guess the form that my exercise has taken.

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * craving, longing, desire, appetency, passion

    Derived terms

    () * appetitive * appetizer * appetizing * appetizingly