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S vs Slingshot - What's the difference?

s | slingshot |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun slingshot is

a y-shaped stick with an elastic band between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

As a verb slingshot is

to move in a manner resembling a slingshot.

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 ----

    slingshot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Y-shaped stick with an elastic band between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

    • Synonyms

    * bean shooter * catapult (UK) * flip * hand catapult * shanghai (Australia and New Zealand)

    Verb

    (slingshott)
  • To move in a manner resembling a slingshot.
  • Especially, to use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.

    • See also

    * gravity assist