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Jill vs Dill - What's the difference?

jill | dill |

As verbs the difference between jill and dill

is that jill is to masturbate while dill is to still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

As nouns the difference between jill and dill

is that jill is a female ferret while dill is Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus genus: Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

As a proper noun Jill

is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

jill

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
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  • * 1994 , Floyd Skloot, Summer Blue , Story Line Press, ISBN 0934257086, page 98:
  • "Just Jill', I'm afraid." "Would you prefer if it was Gillian?" "Oh, I think so. Gillian sounds so much fancier." "Fancy?" Terrence said. He smiled at her. "Or perhaps it sounds flashy?" "Royal," Richard said. "Flowery," Terrence added. "You could say Gillian was more flowery. That would fit. What about you, Corrie, what does it sound like to you?" "Rich," Corrie glanced at '''Jill'''. "Gillian sounds richer than ' Jill ."
  • Generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c., compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack.
  • * 1590 , , Act V, Scene II:
  • Our wooing doth not end like an old play;
    Jack hath not Jill ; these ladies' courtesy
    Might well have made our sport a comedy.
  • A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flirtgigg (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior').
  • A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.
  • Derived terms

    * jillstrap

    References

    * EtymologyOnLine * English diminutives of female given names

    dill

    Noun

  • Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus ), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  • A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring, also called a dill pickle.
  • (informal) a fool.
  • Synonyms

    * (herb) anet, dillseed, * (type of pickle) dill pickle

    Derived terms

    * dillseed * dillweed * garden dill * fragrant dill * kosher dill * pharmacy dill

    See also

    * ("dill" on Wikipedia) * (Anethum graveolens) * (Anethum graveolens) * cornichon * cucumber * gherkin * graveolens * pickled cucumber * pickle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
  • To lull to sleep.
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