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S vs Potable - What's the difference?

s | potable |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective potable is

good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease.

As a noun potable is

any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

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 ----

    potable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease.

    • Synonyms

    * (good for drinking) drinkable, drinkworthy

    Derived terms

    * potable gold

    Coordinate terms

    * edible, eatable, eatworthy, comestible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
    • Useful in potables . — J. Philips.

    See also

    * (l) ----