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S vs Beach - What's the difference?

s | beach |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun beach is

.

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 ----

    beach

    English

    (wikipedia beach)

    Noun

    (es)
  • The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • (rft-sense) A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
  • *
  • The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

    • Synonyms

    * * (horizontal strip of land adjoining water) sand, strand, backshore

    Derived terms

    {{der3, beach break , beach volleyball , beachball , beachberry , beachboy , beachcast , beachcomber , beachfront , beach flea , beachgrass , beachline , beach wagon}}

    Verb

    (es)
  • To run (something) aground on a beach.

    • Synonyms

    * strand

    Derived terms

    * unbeached