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S vs Growl - What's the difference?

s | growl |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun growl is

the deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.

As a verb growl is

to utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

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 ----

    growl

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal) * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
  • The sound made by a hungry stomach.

    • Derived terms

    * death growl

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
    • The dog growled at me as I walked past.
  • To express (something) by growling.
    • The old man growled his displeasure at the postman.
  • (software) To send a user a message via the software library.