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S vs Tee - What's the difference?

s | tee |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun tee is

.

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 ----

    tee

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something shaped like the letter (T). Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.
    • angles and tees
  • T-shirt
    • See also
    *
    Derived terms
    * teevee

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) teen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To draw; lead.
  • (obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.
    • Derived terms
    * betee * fortee
    Related terms
    * tow * tug * wanton

    Etymology 3

    First attested in the 17th century with the form teaz.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  • (golf, baseball) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is hit.
  • (curling) The target area of a curling rink
  • The mark at which players aim in quoits.
    • Derived terms
    * tee ball * tee off * tee on * tee up

    Verb

    (d)
  • (golf) To place a ball on a tee
  • * {{quote-book, 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf citation
    • , passage=If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.}}
    Synonyms
    * tee up

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----