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S vs Shawm - What's the difference?

s | shawm |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun shawm is

a mediaeval double reed wind instrument with conical wooden body.

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=··· , 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 ----

    shawm

    English

    (wikipedia shawm)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a mediaeval double reed wind instrument with conical wooden body
  • :* 1985': There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful '''shawm , and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked. — Anthony Burgess, ''Kingdom of the Wicked

    • Synonyms

    * zurna

    Anagrams

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