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S vs Roin - What's the difference?

s | roin |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun roin 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 ----

    roin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To growl; to roar.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
    • Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne , when salvage choler gan redound.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
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