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Eta vs Eth - What's the difference?

eta | eth |

As nouns the difference between eta and eth

is that eta is the seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek while eth is a letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into {{etyl|ang|-}} to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in {{etyl|en|-}} but still in modern use in {{etyl|is|-}}, {{etyl|fo|-}}, and phonetics to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then.

As initialisms the difference between eta and eth

is that eta is estimated time of arrival while ETH is electric Train Heat / Electric Train Heating.

As a proper noun Eth is

a short form of the female given name Ethel.

eta

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
  • (particle) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

    • Anagrams

    * , (l), (l), (l), (l) English heteronyms ----

    eth

    English

    Alternative forms

    * edh

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A letter (capital'' ''') introduced into (etyl) to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in (etyl) but still in modern use in (etyl), (etyl), and phonetics to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word '''''th en .

    • See also

    * thorn, * wynn, wen, *

    Anagrams

    * * *

    References

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