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S vs Duct - What's the difference?

s | duct |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun duct is

a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

As a verb duct is

to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).

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 ----

    duct

    English

    (Wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
    • heating and air-conditioning ducts
  • An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
  • (obsolete) Guidance; direction.
    • otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.

    Derived terms

    * ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ducts

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts)