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Million vs Gillion - What's the difference?

million | gillion |

As numerals the difference between million and gillion

is that million is the cardinal number 1,000,000: 106 while gillion is a thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard and the (ambiguous, in the UK) US billion.

million

English

Numeral

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  • The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106.

    • See also

    * (short scale) Previous': thousand. ' Next : billion * (long scale) Previous': thousand. ' Next : milliard * (Ordinal) millionth * ISO prefix: mega-

    Derived terms

    * like a million bucks * megamillion * millionary * millionfold * millionth * millionaire * never in a million years * one in a million * one million * thanks a million

    Related terms

    * billion * trillion

    gillion

    English

    Numeral

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  • (rare) A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard' and the (ambiguous, in the UK) US ' billion .
    • English cardinal numbers