As letters the difference between b and w
is that b is the second letter of the while w is the twenty-third letter of the.
As symbols the difference between b and w
is that b is a blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type a antigen in their blood they can receive blood from type b or type o, but cannot receive blood from ab or a while w is (label) symbol for tungsten.
b
Translingual
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(
wikipedia b)
Letter
The second letter of the .
Usage notes
The letter b is used in several romanization systems to represent the bilabial plosive or stop, usually voiced (.
See also
* (Latin script ): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* For more variations, see .
{{Letter, page=B
, NATO=Bravo
, Morse=–···
, Character=B2
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin B.png, Capital and lowercase versions of B , in normal and italic type
File:Fraktur letter B.png, Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
File:UncialB-01.png, uncial approximate form of Greek upper case beta that was the source for both common variants of b B in uncial script
Symbol
(Voiced bilabial plosive)
(head)
voiced bilabial plosive
(label) beauty quark, bottom quark
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w
Translingual
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wikipedia w)
Alternative forms
* vv (obsolete)
Letter
The twenty-third letter of the .
The first letter of (l) allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
Symbol
(Voiced labio-velar approximant)
(head)
voiced labial-velar approximant
See also
(
Latn-script)
* Turned:
*
*
{{Letter
, page=W
, NATO=Whiskey
, Morse=·––
, Character=W
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin W.png, Capital and lowercase versions of W , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter W.png, Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
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