Hilltop vs Umpire - What's the difference?
hilltop | umpire |
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 .
(tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
(cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
(baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
(Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
(legal) A person who arbitrates between contending parties
(sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).
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As nouns the difference between hilltop and umpire
is that hilltop is the peak or crest of a hill while umpire is (tennis) the official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.As a verb umpire is
(sports|intransitive) to act as an umpire in a game.hilltop
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* used attributively is phrases such as "a hilltop house"umpire
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(wikipedia umpire)Noun
(en noun)- The umpire called the pitch a strike.
- The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
Usage notes
* In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.Verb
(umpir)- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
