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S vs Operative - What's the difference?

s | operative |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective operative is

effectual or important.

As a noun operative is

an employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.

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 ----

    operative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effectual or important.
    • He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
  • Functional, in working order.
  • Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
    • an operative motive
  • * South
    • It holds in all operative principles.
  • Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
    • an operative dose, rule, or penalty
  • Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
    • operative surgery

    Related terms

    * operand * operant * operate * operation * operational * operator

    Derived terms

    * operative word

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
  • A spy, secret agent, or detective.
  • A participant of an operation.

    • Anagrams

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