Bill vs. Neb

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Difference Between Bill and Neb

Billnoun

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

Nebnoun

A bird's beak or bill.

Billnoun

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

Nebnoun

(obsolete) A person's mouth.

Billnoun

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

Nebnoun

A person's nose.

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Billnoun

A pickaxe, or mattock.

Nebnoun

The peak of a flat cap.

Billnoun

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

Nebnoun

The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.

Billnoun

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

Nebnoun

A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.

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Billnoun

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

Nebnoun

A nib, as of a pen.

Billnoun

Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

Nebnoun

a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose

Billnoun

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

Nebnoun

horny projecting mouth of a bird

Billnoun

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

Billnoun

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

Billnoun

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

Billnoun

(US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.

Billnoun

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

Billnoun

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

Billnoun

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. A bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

Billnoun

A set of items presented together.

Billverb

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

Billverb

(obsolete) To peck.

Billverb

To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.

Billverb

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

Billverb

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

Billnoun

a statute in draft before it becomes law;

they held a public hearing on the bill

Billnoun

an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

he paid his bill and leftsend me an account of what I owe

Billnoun

a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

Billnoun

the entertainment offered at a public presentation

Billnoun

a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

Billnoun

an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

he mailed the circular to all subscribers

Billnoun

horny projecting mouth of a bird

Billnoun

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

a poster advertised the coming attractions

Billnoun

a long-handled saw with a curved blade;

he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree

Billnoun

a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead

Billverb

demand payment;

Will I get charged for this service?We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights

Billverb

advertise especially by posters or placards;

He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso

Billverb

publicize or announce by placards