What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

S vs Salty - What's the difference?

s | salty |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective salty is

tasting of salt.

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 ----

    salty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tasting of salt.
  • Containing salt.
  • (figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
  • (figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
  • Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt.
  • * 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, page 61:
    • Ray and Fuzzy were salty with our unhip no-playing piano player, because she broke time on the piano so bad that the strings yelled whoa to the hammers.
  • * 1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life , Holloway House Publishing, page 162:
    • I want to beg your pardon for making you salty that night.
  • (linguistics) Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin .

    • Coordinate terms

    * (irritated attitude) sassy

    Derived terms

    * (experienced sailor) salty dog

    Anagrams

    *