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S vs Toil - What's the difference?

s | toil |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun toil is

labour, work.

As a verb toil is

to labour; work.

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 ----

    toil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • labour, work
  • * 1908:
  • ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.
  • trouble, strife
  • A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
  • * Denham
  • As a Numidian lion, when first caught, / Endures the toil that holds him.
  • * Dryden
  • Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To labour; work.
  • To struggle.
  • To work (something); often with out .
  • * Holland
  • places well toiled and husbanded
  • * Milton
  • [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
  • To weary through excessive labour.
  • * Shakespeare
  • toiled with works of war

    Synonyms

    * , (l)

    See also

    * toil and moil

    Anagrams

    * ----