L vs R

L

character
  • The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script. 

noun
  • The statistic for the number of losses by a team or player limited by some criteria (e.g. this season, at home, on turf). 

adj
  • Subpar, of inferior quality. 

R

character
  • The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. 

adj
  • right (as opposed to left) 

  • reverse 

  • restricted 

noun
  • rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name 

  • the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”)) 

  • rook 

  • Thursday 

  • Republican 

  • ring 

  • runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player 

  • radius 

name
  • In the context of the documentary hypothesis, the Redactor(s) who compiled and edited the Torah. 

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