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Foothill vs Hillock - What's the difference?

foothill | hillock |

As nouns the difference between foothill and hillock

is that foothill is a hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range while hillock is a small hill.

foothill

English

(Foothills)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
    • The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway.

    hillock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small hill
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
    • Just upstream of Dryburgh Abbey, a reproduction of a classical Greek temple stands at the top of a wooded hillock on the river’s north bank.