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S vs Marc - What's the difference?

s | marc |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun marc is

march.

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=··· , 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 ----

    marc

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) marc.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
  • An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
  • * 1929 , (Ernest Hemingway), A Farewell to Arms , Folio Society 2008, p. 298:
    • There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 60:
    • The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs , to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * mark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
  • (obsolete) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
  • (obsolete) A German coin and money of account; the mark.
    • (Webster 1913)

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