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S vs Descendent - What's the difference?

s | descendent |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective descendent is

descending; going down.

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 ----

    descendent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * descendant

    Adjective

    (-)
  • descending; going down
    • The elevator resumed its descendent trajectory.
  • descending from (an ancestor)
    • Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendent manner.

    Usage notes

    The adjective, "descending from a biological ancestor", may be spelt either with an a]]'' or with an ''e'' in the final syllable (see descendant). However the noun ''descendant'', "one who is the progeny of someone", may be spelt only with an ''[[-ant, a . ----