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Chilling vs Shilling - What's the difference?

chilling | shilling |

As verbs the difference between chilling and shilling

is that chilling is while shilling is .

As nouns the difference between chilling and shilling

is that chilling is the act by which something is chilled while shilling is a coin formerly used in the united kingdom, ireland, malta, australia, new zealand and many other commonwealth countries.

As an adjective chilling

is becoming cold.

chilling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Becoming cold.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
    • As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
  • Causing cold.
  • Causing mild fear.
    • It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * bone-chilling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is chilled.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires

    shilling

    English

    (wikipedia shilling)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) scilling, (etyl) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shilling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
  • :
  • *
  • *:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  • The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  • A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
  • The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
    • Usage notes
    ; Abbreviations * (sense) s. or'' s ''or / (solidus) * (in Kenya) Ksh; (in Somalia'') ; (''in Tanzania'') TSh; (''in Uganda ) UGS In East Africa, the names of the currencies usually use the proper noun for the country, not its adjectival form: "Kenya shilling", "Tanzania shilling", etc. Amounts are written with a solidus, probably from the UK usage: "2/50" is 2 shillings, 50 cents (not pence); 30 shillings only is written "30/=".
    Synonyms
    * bob, hog * (Australia) deener
    See also
    * * schilling * skilding * solidus
    Derived terms
    *King's shilling

    External links

    * Currencies of the world

    Etymology 2

    From shill.

    Verb

    (head)