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Sol vs Sal - What's the difference?

sol | sal |

As nouns the difference between sol and sal

is that sol is while sal is salt.

sol

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist all note names were take from.

Alternative forms

* so, soh

Noun

(-)
  • (music) The fifth step in the scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.

    • Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
  • gold
    • (Chaucer)
    See also
    * Sol * yestersol

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol ) , or a coin of this value.
  • * (rfdate), M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana :
    • Three days after, the Great Sun, his brother, sent me another deer-skin of the same oil, to the quantity of forty pints. The most common sort sold this year at twenty sols a pint, and I was sure mine was not of the worst kind.

    Etymology 4

    An abbreviation of (solution)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.

    • Etymology 5

    , from (etyl) (m)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old French coin consisting of 12 deniers.

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    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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