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S vs Deform - What's the difference?

s | deform |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb deform is

to change the form of, negatively.

As an adjective deform is

(obsolete) deformed, misshapen.

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 ----

    deform

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To change the form of, negatively.
  • To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
    • a face deformed by bitterness
  • To mar the character of.
    • a marriage deformed by jealousy
  • To alter the shape of by stress.
  • To become misshapen or changed in shape.

    • Synonyms

    * distort, contort, warp

    Derived terms

    * deformable * deformation

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
    • who so kild that monster most deforme , / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs