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S vs Pare - What's the difference?

s | pare |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb pare is

to seem, to look, to appear.

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 ----

    pare

    English

    Verb

    (par)
  • to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
    • We pared the paired pears.
  • to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
    • Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
  • to trim the hoof of a horse

    • Synonyms

    * to peel * to skin

    Derived terms

    * cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare off

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