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S vs Rend - What's the difference?

s | rend |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb rend is

to separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

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 ----

    rend

    English

    Verb

  • To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst
    • Powder rends a rock in blasting.
    Lightning rends an oak.
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
    • If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak / And peg thee in his knotty entrails till / Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 317:
    • We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.
  • To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
  • To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
    • Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
    Rending of garments for shiva is a Jewish tradition.

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----