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Points vs Sos - What's the difference?

points | sos |

As nouns the difference between points and sos

is that points is (point) while sos is .

As a verb points

is (point).

points

English

Noun

(head)
  • (rail transport, British) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
  • (automotive) The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.

    • Synonyms

    * switch (Movable rails used to switch a train from one railway track to another.)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (point)

    • Anagrams

    * English pluralia tantum ----

    sos

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • emergency, mayday, distress

    • Usage notes

    The code SOS is normally only used in text transmission; for voice communication, mayday is used. The sequence is normally transmitted run together without any letter spacing in between, so it is technically a single unique code rather than a series of three letters.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

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