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

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  1. Zilch as a noun (countable, informal, archaic):

    A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.

  2. Zilch as a noun (uncountable, informal):

    Nothing, zero.

  1. Zilch as an adjective (informal, mostly, _, US):

    No, zero, non-existent.

  1. Zilch as a verb (informal, US, _, sports):

    To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.

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