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S vs Colloquium - What's the difference?

s | colloquium |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun colloquium is

a colloquy; a meeting for discussion.

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 ----

    colloquium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
  • An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
  • An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
  • (legal) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.

    • Usage notes

    Note that while colloquial refers specifically to informal'' conversation, colloquy and colloquium refer instead to ''formal conversation.

    Quotations

    * 1876 : Stephen Dowell, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England , I. 87. *: Writs were issued to London and the other towns principally concerned, directing the mayor and sheriffs to send to a colloquium at York two or three citizens with full power to treat on behalf of the community of the town.

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