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S vs Emphasis - What's the difference?

s | emphasis |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun emphasis is

special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

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 ----

    emphasis

    English

    (wikipedia emphasis)

    Noun

    (emphases)
  • Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
    • He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
  • Special attention or prominence given to something.
    • Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
  • Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
    • He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
  • (typography) Related to bold.

    • Related terms

    * emphasise, emphasize * emphatic

    Anagrams

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