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Ess vs Ens - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ess and ens

is that ess is something shaped like the letter S while ens is an entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.

As an initialism ESS

is initialism of w:electronic switching system|electronic switching system|lang=en.

ess

English

Alternative forms

Compounds are normally spelled es : es-hook, es-link.

Noun

(es)
  • Something shaped like the letter S.

    • See also

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    Derived terms

    * collar of esses

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    ens

    English

    Etymology 1

    From . See entity.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
  • * 1860 , John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion , page 195:
    • the Nature of the Supreme Ens
  • Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.
  • *2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 245:
  • *:Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses' or '''''entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […].

    • Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Noun

    (head)

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