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S vs Concussion - What's the difference?

s | concussion |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun concussion is

a violent collision or shock.

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 ----

    concussion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A violent collision or shock.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
  • An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
  • (legal, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
  • * Daniel
  • Then concussion , rapine, pilleries, / Their catalogue of accusations fill.
    (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * concussion fuse * concussion grenade ----