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S vs Insula - What's the difference?

s | insula |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun insula is

isle.

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 ----

    insula

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (historical) A block of buildings in a Roman town.
  • (anatomy) The insular cortex, a structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 6, Sandra Blakeslee, A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects, newspaper=New York Times citation
    • , passage=All mammals have insulas that read their body condition, Dr. Craig said. }}
  • * 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 608:
    • The insula registers our physical gut feelings, including the sensation of a distended stomach and other inner states like nausea, warmth, a full bladder, and a pounding heart.
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