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S vs Spangle - What's the difference?

s | spangle |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun spangle is

a small piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration; a sequin.

As a verb spangle is

to sparkle, flash or coruscate.

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 ----

    spangle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration; a sequin.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
    • , passage=And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.}}
  • Any small sparkling object.
  • * (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
    • the rich spangles that adorn the sky

    Verb

    (spangl)
  • To sparkle, flash or coruscate.
  • To fix spangles to; to adorn with small, brilliant bodies.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty?

    See also

    * Spangles (British boiled sweet )