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Prill vs Grill - What's the difference?

prill | grill |

As nouns the difference between prill and grill

is that prill is a rill, a small stream or prill can be a pellet, a granule, a small bead or prill can be the brill, a kind of flatfish while grill is grill.

As a verb prill

is to flow, spurt or prill can be to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling.

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.
    • ----

    grill

    English

    (wikipedia grill)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, Scotland, US) To make angry; provoke.
  • (transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To terrify; make tremble.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To tremble; shiver.
  • (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To snarl; snap.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gril, .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • harsh, rough, severe; cruel

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • harm

    • Etymology 3

    1655, from (etyl) gril, from (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

    Alternative forms

    (wikipedia) * grille

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  • *
    • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  • On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  • A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle.
  • (lb) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
  • The front teeth regarded collectively.
  • Food cooked on a grill.
  • Humorous misspelling of
    • Derived terms
    * mixed grill * grilling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cook food on a grill; to barbecue.
    • Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
  • (Australian, NZ, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
  • (colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
    • The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
    Synonyms
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