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S vs Spiny - What's the difference?

s | spiny |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective spiny is

covered in spines or thorns.

As a noun spiny is

.

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 ----

    spiny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • covered in spines or thorns
  • troublesome; difficult or vexing
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • the spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy
  • Like a spine in shape; slender.
  • * Chapman
    • Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in spines) thorny, prickly * (troublesome) thorny, prickly

    Noun

    (spinies)
    • (Webster 1913)

    Related terms

    * spine