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S vs Misfall - What's the difference?

s | misfall |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb misfall is

to fall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.

As a noun misfall is

a mishap; accident; bad luck; misfortune.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

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 ----

    misfall

    English

    Verb

  • To fall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.
  • *1889 , Henry Morley, Early prose romances :
    • [...] let us abide together that, one with the counsel and that other with the deed, then may there nothing misfall to usward.
  • *2009 , Eric B. Hare, Skyscrapers :
    • However, the principal and his students worked hard, and they soon had the buildings in shape for use and the farm doing as well as possible. Then a terrible misfortune misfell one of the neighbors who was most bitter in his tirades.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mishap; accident; bad luck; misfortune.
  • *1875 , Julian Hawthorne, Saxon studies :
    • But alas! an unlooked- for misfall has occurred."