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Sal vs San - What's the difference?

sal | san |

As nouns the difference between sal and san

is that sal is salt while san is a letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

As proper nouns the difference between sal and san

is that sal is a diminutive of the male given names Samuel and Salvador while San is a member of the ethnically distinct, short-statured nomadic people of southern Africa.

As an acronym SAN is

styrene-acrylonitrile resin.

sal

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • (chemistry, obsolete) salt
    • Usage notes
    Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.
    Derived terms
    * sal absinthii * sal acetosellae * sal alembroth * sal ammoniac * sal catharticus * sal culinarius * sal cyrenaicus * sal de duobus * sal duplicatum * sal diureticus * sal enixum * sal gemmae * sal jovis * sal martis * sal microcosmicum * sal plumbi * sal Saturni * sal sedativus * sal seignette * sal soda * sal vitrioli * sal volatile

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * saul, shala

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Shorea robusta , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
  • * 1989 , Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
    • As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

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    san

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

    • See also

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    Etymology 2

    sanatorium

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
  • * 1940 , Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School
    • "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San ."
  • * 2005 , Dan Soucoup, ?Richard Thorne McCully, McCully's New Brunswick (page 137)
    • River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San " at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.

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