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Mound vs Hill - What's the difference?

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In baseball terms the difference between mound and hill

is that mound is elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch while hill is the pitcher’s mound.

As nouns the difference between mound and hill

is that mound is a hand while hill is an elevated location smaller than a mountain.

As verbs the difference between mound and hill

is that mound is to fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to while hill is to form into a heap or mound.

As a proper noun Hill is

Capitol Hill; the US Congress.

mound

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
  • (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
  • (obsolete) A helmet.
  • (obsolete) Might; size.
  • An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart.
  • A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
  • (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
  • A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
  • (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
  • Synonyms

    * (part of regalia) globus cruciger, globe, orb

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
  • To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
  • He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "mound") *

    hill

    English

    (wikipedia hill)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
  • :
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills , the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • A sloping road.
  • :
  • (label) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
  • (label) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
  • :
  • (label) The pitcher’s mound.
  • Derived terms

    * downhill * dunghill * head for the hills * hilly * hilling * hillock * hill of beans * hillside * hill station * king of the hill * over the hill * uphill

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form into a heap or mound.
  • To heap or draw earth around plants.
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