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S vs Aby - What's the difference?

s | aby |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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 ----

    aby

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abye * abuy

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To pay for; to buy.
  • (archaic) To pay the penalty for; atone for.
  • * Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, III,ii
  • (obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone; to suffer, as a penalty.
  • *
  • (archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
    • Who dyes, the utmost dolor doth abye ; / But who that lives is lefte to waile his losse [...].
  • (obsolete) Endure; remain.
  • *
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    • Usage notes

    * , Aby and abide became confused with each other for a period of time.

    References

    English three-letter words ----