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S vs Skewer - What's the difference?

s | skewer |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun skewer is

a long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.

As a verb skewer is

to impale on a skewer.

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 ----

    skewer

    English

    (wikipedia skewer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
  • (chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To impale on a skewer.
  • (chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
  • To severely mock or discredit.
  • * 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
    • Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.

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