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Rill vs Dill - What's the difference?

rill | dill |

As nouns the difference between rill and dill

is that rill is furrow, groove while dill is spot, dot, fleck or dill can be deal, agreement, bargain.

rill

English

Noun

(wikipedia rill) (en noun)
  • A very small brook; a streamlet.
  • * 1797 , :
  • So twice five miles of fertile ground
    With walls and towers were girdled round:
    And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills ,
    Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
    And here were forests ancient as the hills,
    Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
  • (planetology)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To run a small stream.
  • (Prior)

    dill

    Noun

  • Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus ), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  • A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring, also called a dill pickle.
  • (informal) a fool.
  • Synonyms

    * (herb) anet, dillseed, * (type of pickle) dill pickle

    Derived terms

    * dillseed * dillweed * garden dill * fragrant dill * kosher dill * pharmacy dill

    See also

    * ("dill" on Wikipedia) * (Anethum graveolens) * (Anethum graveolens) * cornichon * cucumber * gherkin * graveolens * pickled cucumber * pickle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
  • To lull to sleep.
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