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S vs Burgeon - What's the difference?

s | burgeon |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun burgeon is

(obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot.

As a verb burgeon is

to grow or expand.

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 ----

    burgeon

    English

    Etymology

    From (etyl) burjon, . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grow or expand.
    • Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
  • To swell to the point of bursting.
  • (archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
    • Synonyms
    * (grow or expand) blossom, expand, grow, sprout * blossom, bud, green, sprout