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letter vs alpha

alpha vs letter

letter and alpha both are nouns.

letter is not an adjective while alpha is an adjective.

letter is a verb but alpha is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
alpha Yes Yes No No
As nouns, alpha is a hyponym of letter; that is, alpha is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • alpha: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, descender, digram, digraph, initial, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphone, polyphonic letter, block capital, block letter, vowel, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) alpha (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech the beginning of a series or sequence
an award earned by participation in a school sport
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (adjective) alpha (adjective)
early testing stage of a software or hardware product
first in order of importance
letter (verb) alpha (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and alpha

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