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S vs Expletive - What's the difference?

s | expletive |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective expletive is

serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

As a noun expletive is

a profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

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 ----

    expletive

    English

    (wikipedia expletive)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
  • * Hallam
    • Expletive imagery.
  • * Barrow
    • Expletive phrases to plump his speech.
  • Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

    • Synonyms

    * expletory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
  • (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
  • (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning; an intensifier.

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