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S vs Alternatively - What's the difference?

s | alternatively |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adverb alternatively is

in an alternative way.

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 ----

    alternatively

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • in an alternative way
  • * 1998 , Marie D. Hoff (editor), Sustainable Community Development , page 99:
    • Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do.
  • * 2001 , Hans-Peter Martin, Is Globalization a Trap?'', published in ''Keys to the 21st Century (edited by Jérôme Bindé) on page 350:
    • Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively .
  • * 2003 , Torunn Kjølner and Janek Szatkowski, Dramaturgy in Building Multimedia Performances'', published in ''Production methods: behind the scenes of virtual inhabited 3D worlds: Volume 1 (edited by Kim Halskov Madsen), on page 127:
    • Devising obviously asks for what we understand as general creativity, like the ability to take an initiative, to invent, to think alternatively , to associate interestingly, to create metaphors and images.
  • * 2005 , Graham Meltzer, Sustainable Community: Learning from the Cohousing Model , page 3:
    • Most people living alternatively have strong pro-environmental values and, unlike many 'greens' in mainstream society, are generally able to apply their values in day-to-day life.
  • (conjunctive) (Used to link a pair of possibilities)