VS

Date "VS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Sports & Leisure

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Crosswords: VS

The People vs. Larry Flynt (The People vs. Larry Flynt; writing credit: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.)

G vs E, that's what it is (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)

Gokudo VS Mamushi (1974)

Case Study: Regina vs Brown (1973)

Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (1971)

Capulina Vs. el Santo (1969)

Free Press vs. Trial by Jury: The Sheppard Case (1969)

Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron (performing artist: The Royal Guardsmen)

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Books

• Shame and Glory of the Intellectuals: Babbitt Jr. Vs the Rediscovery of Values (reference)

• Bmi Vs Minicom, Inc./Fba0165 (reference)

• H.M.S. Hood Vs Bismark: The Battleship Battle (reference)

• Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII: State Vs Papacy (reference)

• Policy Vs Paperclip: More Insights on the Corporate Model for Your Nonprofit Board/Bool Plus Cassette (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Landlord Vs Tenant-nyc (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Crusader Rabbit Vs the Pirates (reference)

• Porky Pig Vs Daffy Duck (reference)

• Dollman Vs Demonic Toys (reference)

• Turtles Vs Leatherhead (reference)

• El Mofles 4 Y Canek En Mascara Vs Cab (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Man Vs Machine (Clean) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Capcom vs SNK 2 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• VS Sassoon VS282 1-1/2-Inch Curling Iron (reference)

• VS Sassoon VS428C 1000 Watt Ion Hot Air Brush Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Aerial photo location of bridge vs. reported location Superiority of aerial photography for mapping being demonstrated conclusively. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Melancolicus .4. / VS [Virgilius Solis, the Elder]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Colericus .2. / VS [Virgilius Solis, the Elder]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The soldier's song--Unionism vs. Copperheadism. Credit: Library of Congress.

Senator Peffer's vs. Supreme Court. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Grosvenor balloon vs. the Reed ladder. Credit: Library of Congress.

Terriers vs. rats, London 1840. Credit: Library of Congress.

Missouri--The great Whisky Ring trial--Scene in the United States District Court, St. Louis, Monday, February 7th, at the opening of the case of the United States vs. O.E. Babcock, President Grant's private secretary. Mr. E.A. Storrs, one of General Babco. Credit: Library of Congress.

Baseball, Sunday afternoon. Rice vs. Perry, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sunday morning. Dayton, Tennessee. This was the town in which the famous Scopes trial (Darrow vs. Bryan) was held. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Among all arrestees, Seattle was the only site where women were more likely than men (37.9 percent vs. 35.4 percent) to test positive for marijuana. (references)

It must be remembered that HPS is relatively uncommon and in the immunocompromised PCP, CMV, cryptococcus, aspergillus and graft vs. host disease are far more likely to be the cause of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates than a hantaviral infection. (references)

Although COPD is still much more common in men than women, the greatest increase in the COPD death rate between 1979 and 1989 occurred in females, particularly in black females (117.6 percent for black females vs. 93 percent for white females). (references)

Business

Given the large gap in patients receiving HIT treatments in Japan vs. The United States, the variety of HIT products, including equipment and nursing services, has become much more expansive in the U.S. than Japan. (references)

At the end of June, 1999, there were approximately 4 million cellular phone users vs. Approximately 5-million fixed lines the same year. Most new users use the prepaid card system, and roughly 20% of card users make few if any outgoing calls - they use their phones to receive short-term job orders. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Negative figures represent a depreciation of the Rupiah vs. the dollar. (references)

Austria

The federal deficit came out at 1.4% of GDP (consolidated public sector 1.1% of GDP) for 2000, vs. projections of 2.1% and1.8% of GDP respectively. (references)

Romania

In spite of difficulties, and after years of contraction, Romania's economy started an upward trend in 2000. The GDP grew 1.6 percent vs. 1999, to $36,724.9 million, although the agricultural year was bad. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "VS": anabolic vs catabolic ♦ beautiful vs ugly ♦ black vs white ♦ brachycephalic vs dolichocephalic brachycranal brachycranic ♦ buttoned vs unbuttoned ♦ combinative vs noncombinative ♦ compliant vs defiant ♦ consecrated vs desecrated consecrate ♦ debilitating vs invigorating ♦ deciduous vs evergreen ♦ eaten vs uneaten ♦ exothermic vs endothermic exothermal ♦ fair vs foul ♦ focused vs unfocused focussed ♦ foul vs fair ♦ Graft vs Host Disease ♦ Graft vs Host Reaction ♦ Graft vs Leukemia Effect ♦ Graft vs Tumor Effect ♦ Host vs Graft Reaction ♦ human vs nonhuman ♦ incredible vs credible unbelievable ♦ inelastic vs elastic ♦ integrative vs disintegrative ♦ invasive vs noninvasive ♦ matriarchal vs patriarchal ♦ nonadhesive vs adhesive ♦ noncombustible vs combustible incombustible ♦ noneffervescent vs effervescent ♦ nonreciprocal vs reciprocal ♦ nonvolatile vs volatile ♦ oriented vs unoriented orientated ♦ orthodox vs unorthodox ♦ painful vs painless ♦ parallel vs nonparallel ♦ professional vs amateur ♦ reticulate vs nonreticulate ♦ rich vs poor ♦ socialistic vs capitalistic socialist ♦ staccato vs legato ♦ tempered vs untempered ♦ uncivilized vs civilized ♦ undefeated vs defeated ♦ undignified vs dignified ♦ unfashionable vs fashionable ♦ unquestionable vs questionable ♦ unregenerate vs regenerate unregenerated ♦ unrhythmical vs rhythmical unrhythmic ♦ white vs black ♦ wired vs wireless ♦ wooded vs unwooded. Additional references.

Ending with "VS": iii-vs.

Containing "VS": Calibra-vs-vw, good-vs-evil.

Chinese 

对 (Pair, To, To-, Versus). (various references)

Czech

proti (against, contra, contrary, over, to, versus). (various references)

French

tandis que, plutôt que, contre. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遮蔽 (insulate, insulation, mask, masking, screen vs, shield, shielding), 翻訳　 (rendering, translatiion vs), 抑圧 (depress, depression, repress vs, repression), 溶解 (dissolution, dissolve, lyse vs, lysis), 描写 (delineate, delineation, depict vs, depiction, describe, description), 流布　 (spread, spread vs), 搬出 (export vs), 撤廃 2 (abrogate vs, abrogation). (various references)

Korean 

대 (leap, SKIP, Skipping, stand, stands, Versus). (various references)

Pig Latin

vsay.(various references)

Russian 

против (across from, against, agin, athwart, contra, opposed to, opposite, over against, upon, versus). (various references)

Swedish

mot (across from, against, at, contra, for, in exchange for, on, opposed to, opposite, to, towards, unto, upon, versus, with). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "VS": devs, ganevs, guvs, improvs, isogrivs, lavs, leitmotivs, luvs, maglevs, revs, schavs, shivs, spivs, tavs, vavs. (additional references)

Words containing "VS": perovskite, perovskites. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: vas, vis.

+2 letters: aves, avos, devs, eves, guvs, kvas, lavs, luvs, revs, save, shiv, spiv, tavs, vacs, vans, vars, vasa, vase, vast, vats, vaus, vavs, vaws, vees, vest, vets, vies, vigs, vims, visa, vise, voes, vows, vugs.

+3 letters: arvos, avast, avens, avers, avgas, aviso, avows, caves, coves, devas, divas, dives, doves, eaves, elves, evens, evils, favas, faves, favus, fives, gives, gyves, haves, hives, ivies, javas, jives, kavas, kivas, kvass, lavas, laves, lives, loves, mavis, moves, naves, neves, nevus, novas, oaves, ovals, ovens, overs, paves, pavis, raves, rives, roves, salve, salvo, saved, saver, saves, savin, savor, savoy, savvy, schav, selva, serve, servo, seven, sever, shave, shiva, shive, shivs, shove, sieve, silva, siver, skive, slave, soave, solve, spivs, stave, stove, suave, swive, sylva, ulvas, uveas, vagus, vails, vairs, vales, valse, vamps, vanes, vangs, varas, varus, vasal, vases, vasts, vasty, vatus, veals, veeps, veers, veils, veins, velds, vends, vents, verbs, verse, verso, verst, verts, vesta, vests, vexes, vials, vibes, vices, viers, views, vigas, vills, vinas, vines, vinos, viols, vires, virls, virus, visas, vised, vises, visit, visor, vista, vivas, voces, voids, voles, volts, votes, vrows, vuggs, vughs, waves, wives.