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S vs Extinguishment - What's the difference?

s | extinguishment |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun extinguishment is

the act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.

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 ----

    extinguishment

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
  • * 1868 , Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre
  • (legal) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

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