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S vs Tripping - What's the difference?

s | tripping |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb tripping is

.

As an adjective tripping is

quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.

As a noun tripping is

the act of one who trips.

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 ----

    tripping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly
  • (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
    • a buck tripping

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who trips.
  • * 1821 , The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life
    • At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments