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S vs Gout - What's the difference?

s | gout |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun gout is

taste, flavour.

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 ----

    gout

    English

    (wikipedia gout)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology, not countable) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  • (usually, followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
  • * , Macbeth , act 2, scene 1:
    • I see thee still,
    And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
  • * 1981 , , Children of Men , ch. 20, page 137:
    • [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
  • * 2002 , , The Shadow of the Lion , (Google preview):
    • Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.
  • (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)

    • Synonyms

    * gouty arthritis * urarthritis * crystalline arthritis

    Related terms

    * gutter

    Derived terms

    * gouty * goutiness * pseudogout

    References

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