Nil vs Mil - What's the difference?
nil | mil |
Nothing; zero.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
No, not any.
* 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1?6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1?6000 and 1?6300 are used in other countries.
A unit of measurement equal to 1?1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
a former subdivision (1/1000) of the
(informal)
* 2010 September, Galen Gondolfi, "Idea Fun(d)", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 79:
As nouns the difference between nil and mil
is that nil is nothing; zero while mil is an angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.As a determiner nil
is no, not any.nil
English
Noun
(en noun)- As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil .
Determiner
(en determiner)- But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
See also
* null * nil desperandumAnagrams
* English terms derived from Latin ----mil
English
(Angular mil)Noun
(en noun)- You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.
