Hillock vs Hill - What's the difference?
hillock | hill |
a small hill
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An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
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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.
To form into a heap or mound.
To heap or draw earth around plants.
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1000 English basic words
Hill is a derived term of hillock.
As nouns the difference between hillock and hill
is that hillock is a small hill 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.hillock
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Noun
(en noun)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.