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S vs Despective - What's the difference?

s | despective |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective despective is

disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.

As a noun despective is

(lb) a disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

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

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    despective

    English

    Adjective

  • Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.
    • a despective term for ‘surgeon’

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.