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S vs Suffix - What's the difference?

s | suffix |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun suffix is

suffix.

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 ----

    suffix

    English

    (wikipedia suffix)

    Noun

    (es)
  • One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
    • The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
  • (mathematics) A subscript.

    • Usage notes

    * The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard Latin plural.

    Coordinate terms

    * (affixes)

    Derived terms

    * inflectional suffix * derivational suffix * suffixal * suffixation

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (es)
  • to append (something) to the end of something else

    • Related terms

    * affix * crucifixion * fix * fixation * infix * prefix * postfix * suffix tree * suffixal * suffixion