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S vs Dram - What's the difference?

s | dram |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun dram is

dream.

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 ----

    dram

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dragme, from .

    Alternative forms

    * drachm,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of weight avoirdupois,
  • # (UK & US) 1/16 ounce avoirdupois.
  • # (UK & US) 1.77 gram
  • A minute quantity; a mite.
  • * Milton
    • Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
  • A small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
    • a dram of brandy
    a dram of poison
  • A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
  • A Persian daric.
    • Synonyms
    * nip * slug * snifter * tot
    Derived terms
    * angel's dram

    Verb

    (dramm)
  • (dated) To drink drams.
    • (Johnson)
    (Thackeray)
  • (dated) To ply with drams of drink.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (Armenian dram) (en noun)
  • (currency) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

    • Anagrams

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