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S vs Barrage - What's the difference?

s | barrage |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun barrage is

barrier.

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 ----

    barrage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow
  • a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them ()
  • a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism
  • (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.

    • Verb

    (barrag)
  • to direct a barrage at; to bombard

    • Related terms

    * barrage balloon * barrage jamming * rolling barrage ----