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S vs Escalation - What's the difference?

s | escalation |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun escalation is

an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy.

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 ----

    escalation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia escalation) (en noun)
  • an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
  • *{{quote-news
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  • a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
  • Derived terms

    * escalation plan