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S vs Preservative - What's the difference?

s | preservative |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective preservative is

.

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 ----

    preservative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
    • Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • tending to preserve
    • The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.