The difference between Shutout and Zilch
When used as nouns, shutout means closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working, whereas zilch means a nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
Zilch is also verb with the meaning: to cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.
Zilch is also adjective with the meaning: no, zero, non-existent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Shutout and Zilch
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Shutout as a noun:
Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
Examples:
"A shutout is a reverse strike: the union complained and the workers wanted to work, but management was opposed."
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Shutout as a noun (sports):
A game that ends with one side not having scored.
Examples:
"The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout."
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Zilch as a noun (countable, informal, archaic):
A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
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Zilch as a noun (uncountable, informal):
Nothing, zero.
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Zilch as an adjective (informal, mostly, _, US):
No, zero, non-existent.
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Zilch as a verb (informal, US, _, sports):
To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.