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S vs Sal - What's the difference?

s | sal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun sal is

salt.

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 ----

    sal

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry, obsolete) salt
    • Usage notes
    Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.
    Derived terms
    * sal absinthii * sal acetosellae * sal alembroth * sal ammoniac * sal catharticus * sal culinarius * sal cyrenaicus * sal de duobus * sal duplicatum * sal diureticus * sal enixum * sal gemmae * sal jovis * sal martis * sal microcosmicum * sal plumbi * sal Saturni * sal sedativus * sal seignette * sal soda * sal vitrioli * sal volatile

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * saul, shala

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Shorea robusta , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
  • * 1989 , Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
    • As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

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