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S vs Bloat - What's the difference?

s | bloat |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb bloat is

to cause to become distended.

As a noun bloat is

distention of the abdomen from death.

As an adjective bloat is

(obsolete) bloated.

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 ----

    bloat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cause to become distended
  • to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
  • to become distended; to swell up
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • to fill with vanity or conceit
    • (Dryden)
  • to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
    • bloated herring

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • distention of the abdomen from death
  • (figurative) wasteful use of space
    • Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat .
  • (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) bloated
  • :{{quote-book, author=(William Shakespeare)
    • , year=1602 , title=The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , chapter=Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet. citation , passage=Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed}}

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