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S vs Ricochet - What's the difference?

s | ricochet |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun ricochet is

(military) a method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.

As a verb ricochet is

to rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

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 ----

    ricochet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
  • An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
  • Verb

  • To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
  • (military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.