Shilling vs Hilling - What's the difference?
shilling | hilling |
A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
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The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
As nouns the difference between shilling and hilling
is that shilling is a coin formerly used in the united kingdom, ireland, malta, australia, new zealand and many other commonwealth countries while hilling is the act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.As a verb shilling
is .shilling
English
(wikipedia shilling)Etymology 1
(etyl) scilling, (etyl) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shillingNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
; Abbreviations * (sense) s. or'' s ''or / (solidus) * (in Kenya) Ksh; (in Somalia'') ; (''in Tanzania'') TSh; (''in Uganda ) UGS In East Africa, the names of the currencies usually use the proper noun for the country, not its adjectival form: "Kenya shilling", "Tanzania shilling", etc. Amounts are written with a solidus, probably from the UK usage: "2/50" is 2 shillings, 50 cents (not pence); 30 shillings only is written "30/=".Synonyms
* bob, hog * (Australia) deenerSee also
* * schilling * skilding * solidusDerived terms
*King's shillingExternal links
*Currencies of the world