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S vs Quint - What's the difference?

s | quint |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun quint is

(music) an interval of one fifth.

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 ----

    quint

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia quint) (en noun)
  • (music) an interval of one fifth
  • (in piquet ) a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
  • (US) a quin or quintuplet
  • (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
  • quinte; In fencing, the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
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