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S vs Swabber - What's the difference?

s | swabber |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun swabber is

one who swabs a floor or deck.

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 ----

    swabber

    English

    Alternative forms

    * swobber

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who swabs a floor or deck.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
    • The master, the swabber , the boatswain, and I,
    The gunner, and his mate,
    Lov'd Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery,
    But none of us car'd for Kate:
  • (nautical, historical) An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
  • (card games) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.
    • (Webster 1913)