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S vs Sadden - What's the difference?

s | sadden |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb sadden is

to make sad or unhappy.

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=··· , 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 ----

    sadden

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make sad or unhappy
  • * (Alexander Pope)
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • (rare) to become sad or unhappy
  • * {{quote-book, year=1999, author=Mary Ann Mitchell, title=Drawn To The Grave citation
  • , passage=Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.}}
  • (rare) to darken a color during dyeing
  • to render heavy or cohesive
  • * Mortimer
  • Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.