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S vs Skiff - What's the difference?

s | skiff |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun skiff is

a small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern or skiff can be (weather|nova scotia) a deep blanket of snow covering the ground.

As a verb skiff is

to navigate in a skiff.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

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 ----

    skiff

    English

    (wikipedia skiff)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) esquif, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff' s rail, close to the stern.}}
  • Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
  • (weather) A light wind/rain/snow, etc.
  • (slang) Used when referring to anyone (typically rednecks and fishermen) who has a degree of intelligence, but believes they are more than they actually are.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to navigate in a skiff.

    • Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weather, Nova Scotia) a deep blanket of snow covering the ground