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Heaps vs Piles - What's the difference?

heaps | piles |

As a noun heaps

is .

As a verb piles is

.

heaps

English

Noun

(head)
  • A large amount.
  • * 2005 , Lesley Brown (translator), 245e:
    • And heaps of objections, all of them involving countless difficulties, are going to face anyone who says either that being is some two things or that it is only one.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (heap)

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Very much, a lot
    • I love him heaps .

    Anagrams

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    piles

    English

    Noun

    (head) plural
    • Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.
  • (pathology) Haemorrhoids.
    • Many women get piles when pregnant.
  • (informal, piles of) A large amount of.
    • He must earn piles of money.

    Synonyms

    * (informal: a large amount of ): heaps of, loads of, mountains of, shedloads of, tons of

    Anagrams

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