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S vs Abduct - What's the difference?

s | abduct |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb abduct is

to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap .

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=··· , 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 ----

    abduct

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1904 , author=Jules Verne , title=The Master of the World , chapter=16 , url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mw/chapter16.html , passage=That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.}}
  • (physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.

    • Synonyms

    * kidnap * seize

    Derived terms

    * abductee * abductive

    Related terms

    * abduce * abducens * abducent * abduction * abductor

    References