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S vs Cataract - What's the difference?

s | cataract |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun cataract is

(obsolete) a waterspout.

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 ----

    cataract

    English

    (wikipedia cataract)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A waterspout
  • A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
    • ''The cataracts on the Nile helped compartiment Upper Egypt
  • A flood of water (rfex)
  • An overwhelming downpour or rush
    • ''His cataract of eloquence
  • (pathology) A disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1999 , author=J J Gallo, J Busby-Whitehead, W Reichel, P V Rabins, R A Silliman , title=Reichel's care of the elderly , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=563 , passage=Rarely, a dense, swollen neglected cataract precipitates an angle-closure glaucoma.}}

    Derived terms

    * cataractal