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S vs Unfasten - What's the difference?

s | unfasten |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb unfasten is

to loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.

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 ----

    unfasten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
  • To come untied or unloosed.

    • Quotations

    * , iv. 1. 209. *: He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.

    Synonyms

    * undo * unbutton * untie * unzip

    Antonyms

    * do up * button * button up * tie up * zip * zip up

    References

    * English ergative verbs