Contents vs Till - What's the difference?
contents | till |
(usually plural) That which is contained.
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, chapter=1 (pluralonly) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.
To.
*, Bk.XVIII, Ch.vii:
*:Than the knyghtes parters of the lystis toke up Sir Madore and led hym tylle hys tente.
*1854 , Prof. John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Burns ,
*:Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.
Until, up to, as late as (a given time).
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until, until the time that
* 1582 , 2:7:
* 1846 , Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense :
* 1912 , anonymous, Punky Dunk and the Mouse , P.F. Volland & Co.:
A cash register
A removable box within a cash register containing the money
The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift
(obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.
to develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc)
to work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops
* Bible, Genesis iii. 23
to cultivate soil
(obsolete) To prepare; to get.
glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
(dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
As nouns the difference between contents and till
is that contents is plural of lang=en while till is a cash register.As verbs the difference between contents and till
is that contents is third-person singular of content while till is to develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.As a preposition till is
to.As a conjunction till is
until, until the time that.contents
English
Noun
(head)- It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
- The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma.
citation, passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
- I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.
till
English
Preposition
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Synonyms
* (until) til, 'til, untilConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
- that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
- She twirled round and round, / Till she sunk underground,
- And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.
Synonyms
* (until) 'til, untilEtymology 2
From (etyl) tillen'' "to draw" from (etyl) ''-tyllan'' (as in ''betyllan'' "to lure, decoy," and ''fortyllan'' "draw away;" related to ''tollian ). Cognate with Albanian . Or alternatively from (etyl) tylle'' "compartment" from (etyl) ''tille'' "compartment, shelter on a ship" from (etyl) '' "plank."Noun
(en noun)- Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
- My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
Etymology 3
(etyl) tilianVerb
(en verb)- The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.