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S vs Funicular - What's the difference?

s | funicular |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective funicular is

of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.

As a noun funicular is

a particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, ie the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.

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

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    funicular

    English

    (wikipedia funicular)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
  • (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.