As letters the difference between b and y
is that b is the second letter of the while y is the letter y with a (l) above itself.
As a symbol b
is a blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type a antigen in their blood they can receive blood from type b or type o, but cannot receive blood from ab or a.
b
Translingual
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wikipedia b)
Letter
The second letter of the .
Usage notes
The letter b is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (.
See also
* (Latin script ): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* For more variations, see .
{{Letter, page=B
, NATO=Bravo
, Morse=–···
, Character=B2
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin B.png, Capital and lowercase versions of B , in normal and italic type
File:Fraktur letter B.png, Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
File:UncialB-01.png, uncial approximate form of Greek upper case beta that was the source for both common variants of b B in uncial script
Symbol
(Voiced bilabial plosive)
(head)
voiced bilabial plosive
(label) beauty quark, bottom quark
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y
Translingual
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wikipedia y)
Letter
The twenty-fifth letter of the .
Symbol
(Close front rounded vowel)
(head)
Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
close front rounded vowel
Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.
See also
{{Letter
, page=Y
, NATO=Yankee
, Morse=–·––
, Character=Y
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin Y.png, Capital and lowercase versions of Y , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter Y.png, Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur
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