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Krill vs Prill - What's the difference?

krill | prill |

As nouns the difference between krill and prill

is that krill is any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order order: Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca while prill is a rill, a small stream.

As a verb prill is

to flow, spurt.

krill

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order in the class Malacostraca.
  • Derived terms

    * (Antarctic krill) * (northern krill)

    References

    * * http://www.ecoscope.com/krill ----

    prill

    English

    Etymology 1

    A variant of purl, 17th century.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to flow, spurt
  • (Stow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a rill, a small stream
  • (obsolete) a spinning top
  • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl "sheep-droppings" as a likely loan from English.

    Noun

    (wikipedia prill) (en noun)
  • a pellet, a granule, a small bead
  • *2000 , R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries , page 275
  • *:Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.
  • *2007 , Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International , page 661
  • *:The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills , i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.
  • rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
  • (mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
  • The button of metal from an assay.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
  • Synonyms
    * pelletize
    Derived terms
    * prilling * prill sulfur

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The brill, a kind of flatfish.
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