The difference between Kill and Top

When used as nouns, kill means the act of killing, whereas top means (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.

When used as verbs, kill means to put to death, whereas top means to cover on the top or with a top.

Top is also adverb with the meaning: rated first.

Top is also adjective with the meaning: situated on the top of something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Kill and Top

  1. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

    Examples:

    "Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined."

  2. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To render inoperative.

    Examples:

    "He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting."

  3. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.

    Examples:

    "The editor decided to kill the story."

    "The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it."

    "My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes."

  4. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole):

    To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.

    Examples:

    "That night, she was dressed to kill."

    "That joke always kills me."

  5. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

    Examples:

    "It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad."

    "It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries."

  6. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To use up or to waste.

    Examples:

    "I'm just doing this to kill time."

    "He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."

  7. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively, informal):

    To exert an overwhelming effect on.

    Examples:

    "Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer."

    "Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore."

  8. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole):

    To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.

    Examples:

    "The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations."

  9. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To force a company out of business.

  10. Kill as a verb (intransitive, informal, hyperbolic):

    To produce intense pain.

    Examples:

    "You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill."

  11. Kill as a verb (figuratively, informal, hyperbole, transitive):

    To punish severely.

    Examples:

    "My parents are going to kill me!"

  12. Kill as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.

  13. Kill as a verb:

    To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

  14. Kill as a verb (mathematics, transitive, informal):

    To cause to assume the value zero.

  15. Kill as a verb (computing, Internet, [[IRC]], transitive):

    To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

  16. Kill as a verb (metallurgy):

    To deadmelt.

  1. Kill as a noun:

    The act of killing.

    Examples:

    "The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives."

  2. Kill as a noun:

    Specifically, the death blow.

    Examples:

    "The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head."

  3. Kill as a noun:

    The result of killing; that which has been killed.

    Examples:

    "The fox dragged its kill back to its den."

  4. Kill as a noun (volleyball):

    The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

  1. Kill as a noun:

    A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

    Examples:

    "The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills."

    "Schuylkill, Catskill, etc."

  1. Kill as a noun:

    A kiln.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Fuller"

  1. Top as a noun (nautical):

    The highest or uppermost part of something. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. A lid, cap or cover of a container. A garment worn to cover the torso. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

    Examples:

    "His kite got caught at the top of the tree."

    "We flipped the machine onto its top."

    "Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.  nowrap Headings appear at the tops of pages."

    "Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad."

    "I bought this top as it matches my jeans."

  2. Top as a noun:

    A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.

    Examples:

    "The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."

  3. Top as a noun:

    Someone who is eminent. The chief person; the most prominent one. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.

    Examples:

    "to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school"

  4. Top as a noun (BDSM):

    A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

  5. Top as a noun (LGBT, slang):

    A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom."

  6. Top as a noun (physics):

    A top quark.

  7. Top as a noun:

    The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

  8. Top as a noun (ropemaking):

    A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

  9. Top as a noun (sound):

    Highest pitch or loudest volume.

    Examples:

    "She sang at the top of her voice."

  10. Top as a noun (wool manufacture):

    A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

  11. Top as a noun (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase ''[[on top of]]''):

    Eve; verge; point.

  12. Top as a noun:

    The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  13. Top as a noun (in the plural, slang, dated):

    Topboots.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  14. Top as a noun (golf):

    A stroke on the top of the ball.

  15. Top as a noun (golf):

    A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

  16. Top as a noun (in restaurants, preceded by a number):

    (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

  1. Top as a verb:

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    Examples:

    "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."

  2. Top as a verb:

    To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

    Examples:

    "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."

    "Top and tail the carrots."

  3. Top as a verb:

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

    Examples:

    "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."

  4. Top as a verb:

    To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

    Examples:

    "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

  5. Top as a verb (British, slang):

    To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.

    Examples:

    "Depression causes many people to top themselves."

  6. Top as a verb (BDSM):

    To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

    Examples:

    "I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping."

    "Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom"."

  7. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, intransitive):

    To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

  8. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, transitive):

    To anally penetrate.

  9. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

    Examples:

    "lofty ridges and topping mountains"

    "rfquotek Derham"

  10. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To predominate.

    Examples:

    "topping passions"

  11. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To excel; to rise above others.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  12. Top as a verb (nautical):

    To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

  13. Top as a verb (dyeing):

    To cover with another dye.

    Examples:

    "to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening"

  14. Top as a verb:

    To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

  15. Top as a verb (slang, dated):

    To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

  16. Top as a verb (of a horse):

    To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

  17. Top as a verb:

    To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

  18. Top as a verb:

    To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

  19. Top as a verb (golf):

    To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

  1. Top as an adjective:

    Situated on the top of something.

  2. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Best; of the highest quality or rank.

    Examples:

    "She's in the top dance school."

  3. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

    Examples:

    "He's a top lawyer."

    "That is a top car."

  1. Top as an adverb:

    Rated first.

    Examples:

    "She came top in her French exam."

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