The difference between Bill and Buck

When used as nouns, bill means 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, whereas buck means a male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.

When used as verbs, bill means to dig, chop, etc., with a bill, whereas buck means to copulate, as bucks and does.


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  1. Bill as a noun:

    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.

  2. Bill as a noun:

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

  3. Bill as a noun:

    Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Strype"

  4. Bill as a noun:

    A pickaxe, or mattock.

  5. Bill as a noun (nautical):

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

  1. Bill as a verb (transitive):

    To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

  1. Bill as a noun:

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

  2. Bill as a noun:

    A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

  3. Bill as a noun:

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

  1. Bill as a verb (obsolete):

    To peck.

  2. Bill as a verb:

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

  1. Bill as a noun:

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

  2. Bill as a noun:

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

  3. Bill as a noun:

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

  4. Bill as a noun (obsolete, legal):

    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.

  5. Bill as a noun (US):

    A piece of paper money; a banknote.

  6. Bill as a noun:

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

  7. Bill as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "synonyms: placard poster handbill"

  8. Bill as a noun:

    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.

  9. Bill as a noun:

    A set of items presented together.

  1. Bill as a verb (transitive):

    To advertise by a bill or public notice.

  2. Bill as a verb (transitive):

    To charge; to send a bill to.

  1. Bill as a noun:

    The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

  1. Buck as a noun:

    A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.

  2. Buck as a noun (US):

    An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

  3. Buck as a noun:

    A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.

  4. Buck as a noun (British, obsolete):

    A fop or dandy.

  5. Buck as a noun (US, dated, derogatory):

    A black or Native American man.

  6. Buck as a noun (US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal):

    A dollar (one hundred cents).

    Examples:

    "Can I borrow five bucks?"

  7. Buck as a noun (South Africa, informal):

    A rand (currency unit).

  8. Buck as a noun (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal):

    Money

    Examples:

    "Corporations will do anything to make a buck."

  9. Buck as a noun (US, slang):

    One hundred.

    Examples:

    "The police caught me driving a buck forty on the freeway."

    "That skinny guy? C'mon, he can't weigh more than a buck and a quarter."

  10. Buck as a noun (dated):

    An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.

  11. Buck as a noun (US, in certain metaphors or phrases):

    Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.

    Examples:

    "[[pass the buck]]''; ''[[the buck stops here]]"

  12. Buck as a noun (UK, dialect):

    The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.

  13. Buck as a noun (finance):

    One million dollars.

  14. Buck as a noun (informal):

    A euro.

  15. Buck as a noun:

    A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

  16. Buck as a noun:

    A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See [http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/additional-how-to/1009sr-making-a-wood-buck/ Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck"].

  17. Buck as a noun (AAVE, dated, dance):

  18. Buck as a noun:

  1. Buck as a verb (intransitive):

    To copulate, as bucks and does.

  1. Buck as a verb (intransitive):

    To bend; buckle.

  2. Buck as a verb (intransitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal):

    To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

  3. Buck as a verb (transitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal):

    To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

  4. Buck as a verb (transitive, military):

    To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

  5. Buck as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

    To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.

    Examples:

    "The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution."

  6. Buck as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

    To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.

    Examples:

    "The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely."

  7. Buck as a verb (transitive, by extension):

    To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.

    Examples:

    "The plane bucked a strong headwind."

    "Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees."

    "John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well."

  8. Buck as a verb (riveting):

    To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation.

  9. Buck as a verb (forestry):

    To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.

  10. Buck as a verb (electronics):

    To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter

  1. Buck as a noun (Scotland):

    The beech tree.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  1. Buck as a noun:

    Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

  2. Buck as a noun:

    The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

  1. Buck as a verb:

    To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

  2. Buck as a verb:

    To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

  3. Buck as a verb (mining):

    To break up or pulverize, as ores.