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S vs Cusp - What's the difference?

s | cusp |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun cusp is

a sharp point or pointed end.

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=ยทยทยท , 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 ----

    cusp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp point or pointed end.
  • (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
    But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.}}
  • (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
  • (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures. A common motif in Gothic architecture.Russell Sturgis, ed. (1902). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building: Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive . 3. Macmillan.
  • (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
  • (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
  • Derived terms

    * cuspate * cusp form * cusp neighborhood, cusp neighbourhood * cusped

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