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Billionaire vs Megamillion - What's the difference?

billionaire | megamillion |

As nouns the difference between billionaire and megamillion

is that billionaire is somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109) dollars, or other currency while megamillion is a great number of millions.

billionaire

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109) dollars, or other currency.
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    Related terms

    * billion * millionaire * trillionaire

    See also

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    megamillion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A great number of millions.

    • Usage notes

    The word does not come from the SI prefix mega- but from concatenation with the informal word mega. Thus the word means "a great number of millions", not a thousand million or a million million. The noun is mainly used attributively.

    Related terms

    * million * megamillionaire

    See also

    * supermillion * supermillionaire * multimillion * multimillionaire * billion * billionaire English cardinal numbers