Milliard vs. Billiard: What's the Difference?
Milliard and Billiard Definitions
Milliard
The cardinal number equal to 109.
Billiard
Of, relating to, or used in billiards.
Milliard
109, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
Billiard
See carom.
Milliard
A thousand millions; - usually called billion in the United States. See Billion.
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Billiard
A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
Milliard
A billion;
In England they call one thousand million a milliard
Billiard
(attributive) Pertaining to the game of billiards.
A billiard table; a billiard ball
Billiard
A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.
Billiard
1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.
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Billiard
Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.
Billiard
Of or relating to billiards;
A billiard ball
A billiard cue
A billiard table