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Hill vs Hilltop - What's the difference?

hill | hilltop |

As nouns the difference between hill and hilltop

is that hill is an elevated location smaller than a mountain while hilltop is the peak or crest of a hill.

As a verb hill

is to form into a heap or mound.

As a proper noun Hill

is Capitol Hill; the US Congress.

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.
  • *
    • 1000 English basic words

    hilltop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The peak or crest of a hill.
  • *1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
  • *:The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop .

    • Usage notes

    * used attributively is phrases such as "a hilltop house"