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S vs Compter - What's the difference?

s | compter |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun compter is

(obsolete) a counter (en).

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 ----

    compter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A counter. (en)
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
  • * 2003 , John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England , Oxford, page 284
    • Each sheriff had his own compter , which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
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