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S vs Stifling - What's the difference?

s | stifling |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective stifling is

that stifles.

As a verb stifling is

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As a noun stifling is

the act by which something is stifled.

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 ----

    stifling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That stifles.
  • :The heat was stifling ; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is stifled.
  • * 1857 , Henry Clay Fish, Pulpit eloquence of the nineteenth century (page 507)
    • Every man who is destroyed must destroy himself. When a man stifles an admonition of conscience, he may fairly be said to sow the stiflings of conscience.

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