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S vs Derrick - What's the difference?

s | derrick |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun derrick is

, variant spelling of derek.

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 ----

    derrick

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia derrick) (en noun)
  • A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects
  • A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
  • A hangman (obsolete)

    • References

    * For "hangman": 1949', John Dover Wilson (compiler), ' Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose , Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes