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S vs Dinge - What's the difference?

s | dinge |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun dinge is

dinginess.

As a verb dinge is

to strike, scourge, or beat.

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=··· , 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 ----

    dinge

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (dingy).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Dinginess.
  • A black person.
  • *1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010 p. 3:
  • *:‘A dinge ,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’
  • * 1970 , (John Glassco), Memoirs of Montparnasse , New York 2007, p. 46:
  • *:‘You made a hit with the dinge ,’ Bob was saying.
    • Derived terms
    *dinge queen

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To strike, scourge, or beat.
  • To flog, as in penance
    • Derived terms
    * dinged-up

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