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S vs Purblind - What's the difference?

s | purblind |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective purblind is

partially blind.

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 ----

    purblind

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Partially blind.
  • Near-sighted or dim-sighted.
  • Lacking in discernment or understanding.
  • * 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 16, page 180, ¶ 9
    • [“]You had another of your vacillating consultations with your councillors. Fine advisers.” With infinite scorn, “A herd of palsied purblind idiots hugging their sterile profits close to their sunken chests in the face of my father’s displeasure.”
  • * 2002 , John Waller, The Discovery of the Germ Introduction, page 4, ¶ 2
    • Finally, between 1880 and 1900, an explosive burst of experimental activity at last drove home the truth of germ theory to all but the most purblind of critics.

    Synonyms

    * (lacking in discernment or understanding) (l)