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bill | motion |

As nouns the difference between bill and motion

is that bill is car (motorcar, automobile) while motion is (uncountable) a state of progression from one place to another.

As a verb motion is

to gesture indicating a desired movement.

bill

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
  • * (rfdate), (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
    • France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows and bills .
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons .
    • In the British Museum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authorising him to impress smiths for making two thousand Welch bills or glaives.
  • A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
  • Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
    • (Strype)
  • A pickaxe, or mattock.
  • (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
    • Synonyms
    * (weapon) polearm * (cutting instrument) billhook, hand bill, hedge bill * (somebody armed with a bill) billman
    Derived terms
    * brown-bill

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (m), of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal.
  • * 1595', The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny '''bill , The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill... — William Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act III, Scene I, line 125.
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  • A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
    • Synonyms
    * (beak of a bird) beak, neb, nib, pecker
    Derived terms
    * duckbill

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To peck.
  • To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
  • * 1599 , As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) . Compare bull.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc. )
  • A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc. )
  • A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  • * 1600', Why, I'll exhibit a '''bill in the parliament for the putting down of men. — William Shakespeare, ''The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act II, Scene I, line 28.
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  • (obsolete, legal) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.
  • (US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
  • * 1830', Anon, ''The Galaxy of Wit: Or, Laughing Philosopher, Being a Collection of Choice Anecdotes, Many of Which Originated in or about "The Literary Emporium"'' — He gave the change for a three dollar '''bill'''. Upon examination, the ' bill proved to be counterfeit.
  • A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
  • * 1607', My lord, here is my '''bill . — William Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens , Act III, Scene IV, line 85.
  • A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
  • * 1595', In the meantime I will draw a '''bill of properties, such as our play wants. — William Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act I, Scene II, line 104.
  • * She put up the bill in her parlor window. — Dickens.
  • A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. A bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.
  • * 1600 , Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, Master Parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. — William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act I, Scene I, line 8.
    • Synonyms
    * (account of goods) account, invoice * (written or printed advertisement posted or otherwise distributed) broadsheet, broadside, card,circular, flier, flyer, handbill, poster, posting, placard, notice, throwaway * (draft of a law) measure * (writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day) bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note
    Derived terms
    * bill of adventure * bill of costs * bill of credit * bill of divorce * bill of entry * bill of exceptions * bill of exchange * bill of fare * bill of goods * bill of health * bill of indictment * bill of lading * bill of mortality * bill of pains and penalties * bill of parcels * bill of particulars * bill of rights * bill of sale * bill of sight * bill of store * bill of sufferance * bills payable * bills receivable * * Treasury bill * T-bill * true bill
    See also
    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To advertise by a bill or public notice.
  • To charge; to send a bill to.
    • Synonyms
    * (to advertise by a bill) placard * (to charge) charge

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The bittern's hollow bill was heard.

    motion

    English

    (wikipedia motion)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion .
  • (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • * 1839 , Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
    • Secondly, When a body is once in motion' it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its ' motion .
  • (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
    • The motion to amend is now open for discussion.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion .
  • (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had bin else a meer artificiall Adam'', such an ''Adam as he is in the motions .
  • (philosophy) from ; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:
    • "I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical'' life to the more considerable effects of ''general Motion'' in ''Minerals'', ''Metalls'', and sundry ''Meteors'', whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or ''Spermatical form'' distinct from the ''Rest'' or ''Motion'' of the particles of the ''Matter ."
  • Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • * South
    • Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God.
  • (legal) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
  • (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion'' is that by single degrees of the scale. ''Contrary motion'' is when parts move in opposite directions. ''Disjunct motion'' is motion by skips. ''Oblique motion'' is when one part is stationary while another moves. ''Similar'' or ''direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
  • * Grove
    • The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint.
  • (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • What motion' s this? the model of Nineveh?

    Synonyms

    * (state of progression from one place to another) movement * (change from one place to another) move, movement

    Antonyms

    * rest

    Derived terms

    * Brownian motion * motionless * perpetual motion * perpetual motion machine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gesture indicating a desired movement.
    • He motioned for me to come closer.
  • (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • To make a proposal; to offer plans.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Usage notes

    The parliamentary sense is incorrectly used by people who are not familiar with parliamentary procedure. They might say "I motion that such-and-such"—however, it would be correct to say "I move that such-and-such".

    Related terms

    * emotion * motile * motive * move * movement * stop-motion ----