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S vs Retrospect - What's the difference?

s | retrospect |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun retrospect is

consideration of past times.

As a verb retrospect is

to look or refer back to; to reflect on.

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 ----

    retrospect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • consideration of past times
  • * 1853 , , "Villette":
    • My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...
  • * 1976 , edition, ISBN 0820311286, page 298:
    • Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.

    Antonyms

    * prospect

    Derived terms

    * in retrospect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To look or refer back to; to reflect on
  • * 1804: Alexander Hamilton, Letter to John Adams (Bartlett) - To give a correct idea of the circumstances.., it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.