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S vs Inanimate - What's the difference?

s | inanimate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective inanimate is

lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object .

As a noun inanimate is

something that is not alive.

As a verb inanimate is

(obsolete) to animate .

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 ----

    inanimate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object .
  • Not being, and never having been alive.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=5 citation , passage=I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.}}
  • (grammar) Not animate.

    • Antonyms

    * (grammar) animate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is not alive.

    • Verb

    (inanimat)
  • (obsolete) To animate.
    • (John Donne)
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