Petition vs Sos - What's the difference?
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Petition is a related term of sos.As a noun petition is petition. As a pronoun sos is these;.
petition Noun
( en noun)
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
(legal) A formal written request for judicial action.
A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
* Bible, 1. Macc. vii. 37
- A house of prayer and petition for thy people.
Verb
( en verb)
To make a request, commonly in written form.
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sos Translingual
Symbol
(head)
emergency, mayday, distress
Usage notes
The code SOS is normally only used in text transmission; for voice communication, mayday is used. The sequence is normally transmitted run together without any letter spacing in between, so it is technically a single unique code rather than a series of three letters.
Synonyms
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