Bullion vs Bulletin - What's the difference?
bullion | bulletin |
A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
(obsolete) base or uncurrent coin
* Sylvester
(obsolete) showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
* Skelton
(obsolete) A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between bullion and bulletin
is that bullion is a bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots while bulletin is a short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.As a verb bulletin is
to announce something by means of such a report or publication.bullion
English
Noun
- And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, / And damn for bullion , go for current now.
- The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound.