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Embankment vs Hill - What's the difference?

embankment | hill |

Hill is a synonym of embankment.



As nouns the difference between embankment and hill

is that embankment is a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road while hill is an elevated location smaller than a mountain.

As a verb hill is

to form into a heap or mound.

As a proper noun Hill is

Capitol Hill; the US Congress.

embankment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road

    • Related terms

    * Victoria Embankment

    hill

    English

    (wikipedia hill)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills , the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * downhill * dunghill * head for the hills * hilly * hilling * hillock * hill of beans * hillside * hill station * king of the hill * over the hill * uphill

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form into a heap or mound.
  • To heap or draw earth around plants.
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