Den vs Hill - What's the difference?
den | hill |
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
(a unit of weight)
An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
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A sloping road.
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(label) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
(label) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
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(label) The pitcher’s mound.
To form into a heap or mound.
To heap or draw earth around plants.
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1000 English basic words
As nouns the difference between den and hill
is that den is a small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment while hill is an elevated location smaller than a mountain.As verbs the difference between den and hill
is that den is to ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den while hill is to form into a heap or mound.As proper nouns the difference between den and hill
is that den is a diminutive of the male given name Dennis while Hill is Capitol Hill; the US Congress.As an abbreviation den
is abbreviation of lang=en (a unit of weight.den
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a den of robbers
- Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
- a den of vice
- an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
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