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S vs Flaking - What's the difference?

s | flaking |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective flaking is

breaking or tending to break into flakes.

As a verb flaking is

.

As a noun flaking is

a piece of flaked material.

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 ----

    flaking

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
    • All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of flaked material.
  • * 1916 , Allen Jesse Reynolds, ?Wilson Straley, The Archaeological Bulletin (volumes 7-9, page 3)
    • In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous.