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S vs Opiate - What's the difference?

s | opiate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun opiate is

"opiates".

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 ----

    opiate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
  • Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
  • Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia opiate) (en noun)
  • A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
  • Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
  • * Bentley
    • They chose atheism as an opiate .

    Hypernyms

    * opioid

    Verb

    (opiat)
  • To treat with an opiate drug.

    • See also

    * codeine * morphine * papaverine * thebaine ----