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S vs Fester - What's the difference?

s | fester |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb fester is

to become septic; to become rotten.

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 ----

    fester

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become septic; to become rotten.
  • * Milton
    • Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
    • Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
  • * Macaulay
    • Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
  • To cause to fester or rankle.
  • * Marston
    • For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

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