The difference between Lintel and Sill
When used as nouns, lintel means a horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above, whereas sill means (also window sill) a horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lintel and Sill
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Lintel as a noun (architecture):
A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
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Sill as a noun (architecture):
(also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
Examples:
"She looked out the window resting her elbows on the [[window sill]]''."
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Sill as a noun (construction):
A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
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Sill as a noun (geology):
A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
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Sill as a noun:
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
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Sill as a noun (anatomy):
A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
Examples:
"the nasal sill"
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Sill as a noun (military, historical):
The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
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Sill as a noun (UK):
A young herring.
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Sill as a noun:
The shaft or thill of a carriage.