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Nil vs No - What's the difference?

nil | no |

As nouns the difference between nil and no

is that nil is nothing; zero while No is a form of classical Japanese musical drama.

As determiners the difference between nil and no

is that nil is no, not any while no is not any.

As an adverb no is

not.

As a particle no is

Used to show disagreement or negation.

nil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Nothing; zero.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
    • 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)
  • No, not any.
  • * 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * nihilism

    See also

    * null * nil desperandum

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Latin ----

    no

    Translingual

    (wikipedia NO)

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The molecular formula for nitric oxide.
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Norway.
    • ISO 3166-1 ----