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S vs Grasshopper - What's the difference?

s | grasshopper |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun grasshopper is

a herbivorous insect of the order orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.

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 ----

    grasshopper

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.
  • A cocktail made with and optionally with creme de cacao.
  • (figuratively) a young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent
  • * 2009 , B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2:
  • Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.
  • In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
  • (Grove)

    Synonyms

    * (piano escapement lever) hopper

    Derived terms

    * grasshopper engine * * * knee high to a grasshopper