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Brill vs Frill - What's the difference?

brill | frill |

As nouns the difference between brill and frill

is that brill is a type of flatfish, species: Scophthalmus rhombus while frill is a strip of pleated material used as decoration or trim; a ruffle.

As an adjective brill

is wonderful, clever, amusing. Denotes approval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool".

As a proper noun Brill

is {{surname}.

As a verb frill is

to make something into a frill.

brill

English

Etymology 1

Possibly from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of flatfish, .

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (brilliant).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, slang) Wonderful, clever, amusing. Denotes approval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool".

    • See also

    *

    frill

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strip of pleated material used as decoration or trim; a ruffle.
  • (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
  • A luxury.
  • Something extraneous added for effect.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills , ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

    See also

    * jabot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make something into a frill.
  • To become wrinkled.
  • To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
    • to frill a cap
  • To shake or shiver as with cold.
    • The hawk frills .
    (Johnson)

    Derived terms

    * frilly * no frills * turkey frills