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S vs Concretion - What's the difference?

s | concretion |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun concretion is

concretion.

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 ----

    concretion

    English

    (wikipedia concretion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of aggregating]] or [[coalesce, coalescing into a mass.
  • A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
  • (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
  • * 1844 , , Geological Observations on South America , ch. 5,
    • Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions .
  • The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
  • * 1860 , , The Marble Faun , ch. 14,
    • "My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."

    Usage notes

    * Concretion and concretization' are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. '''Concretion''' is more commonly used to refer to a physical object or to the physical process which creates it. ' Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it.

    Related terms

    * concrete

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    Anagrams

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