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S vs Avocation - What's the difference?

s | avocation |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun avocation is

(obsolete) a calling away; a diversion.

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 ----

    avocation

    English

    (wikipedia avocation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 204:
    • But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.
  • A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
  • * 1934 , Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time
  • *:But yield who will to their separation,
  • *:My object in living is to unite
  • *:My avocation and my vocation
  • *:As my two eyes make one in sight.
  • That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
  • Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.

    • See also

    * volunteerism