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Killed vs Rilled - What's the difference?

killed | rilled |

As verbs the difference between killed and rilled

is that killed is past tense of kill while rilled is past tense of rill.

As an adjective killed

is deoxidized.

killed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (kill)
  • Derived terms

    * must have killed a Chinaman

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (metallurgy, of steel) deoxidized
  • rilled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rill)

  • rill

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rill) (en noun)
  • A very small brook; a streamlet.
  • * 1797 , :
  • So twice five miles of fertile ground
    With walls and towers were girdled round:
    And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills ,
    Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
    And here were forests ancient as the hills,
    Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
  • (planetology)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To run a small stream.
  • (Prior)