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S vs Sandal - What's the difference?

s | sandal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun sandal is

sandal.

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 ----

    sandal

    English

    (wikipedia sandal)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sandale, from (etyl) sandalium, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
  • sandalwood
  • * Tennyson
    • And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal , amber, ancient rosaries
    Hyponyms
    * flip-flop, jandal, thong

    Etymology 2

    From ; see it for more.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)sandalwood
  • * Tennyson
    • And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal , amber, ancient rosaries