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S vs Ruminate - What's the difference?

s | ruminate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb ruminate is

to chew cud (said of ruminants) involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

As an adjective ruminate is

(botany) having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the north american papaw.

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 ----

    ruminate

    English

    Verb

    (ruminat)
  • To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
    • A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
  • To meditate or reflect.
    • I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
  • To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What I know / Is ruminated , plotted, and set down.
  • * Dryden
    • Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.

    Synonyms

    * See also * Or

    Related terms

    * rumen * ruminant * rumination

    Derived terms

    * ruminator

    See also

    * chew the cud

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
    • a ruminate endosperm

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