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Mesa vs Hill - What's the difference?

mesa | hill |

As nouns the difference between mesa and hill

is that mesa is flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges while hill is an elevated location smaller than a mountain.

As proper nouns the difference between mesa and hill

is that mesa is a city in Arizona while Hill is Capitol Hill; the US Congress.

As a verb hill is

to form into a heap or mound.

mesa

English

(wikipedia mesa)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
  • A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the .
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    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

    Verb

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