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S vs Tour - What's the difference?

s | tour |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun tour is

(cycling) the tour de france.

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 ----

    tour

    English

    (wikipedia tour)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
  • A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
  • A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
  • A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
  • (military) A tour of duty.
  • (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
  • * Milton
    • The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour .
  • (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
    • the tours of the heavenly bodies
    (Blackmore)
    Derived terms
    * (l) *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.
  • To make a circuit of a place

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) tor, (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A tower.

    • Etymology 3

    See toot.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To toot a horn.

    • References

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