Act vs. Bill — What's the Difference?

The process of doing or performing something

An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.

Something done or performed; a deed

A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.

(Law) Something done that has legal significance

The entertainment offered by a theater.

A statute or other law formally adopted by a legislative body

A public notice, such as an advertising poster.

A formal written record of proceedings or transactions.

A piece of legal paper money

One of the major divisions of a play, opera, or film.

(Slang) One hundred dollars.

A performance or entertainment usually forming part of a longer presentation

A bill of exchange.

The actor or actors presenting such a performance

(Obsolete) A promissory note.

A manifestation of intentional or unintentional insincerity; a pose

A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.

To play the part of; assume the dramatic role of

The law enacted from such a draft

To perform (a role) on the stage

A document containing the formal statement of a case in equity; a complaint seeking equitable relief.

To behave like or pose as; impersonate

An indictment or charge in an indictment against an accused person.

To behave in a manner suitable for

A structure projecting from the head of a bird, consisting of the jaws and their horny covering and including the upper and lower mandibles; a beak.

To behave or comport oneself

A similar horny mouth part, such as that of a turtle.

To perform in a dramatic role or roles.

The visor of a cap.

To be suitable for theatrical performance

(Nautical)The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

To behave affectedly or unnaturally; pretend.

A billhook.

To appear or seem to be

A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.

To carry out an action

To present a statement of costs or charges to.

To operate or function in a specific way

To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.

To serve or function as a substitute for another

To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.

To produce an effect

To declare or describe officially; proclaim

(countable) Something done, a deed.

To touch beaks together.

Actuality.

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.

(theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.

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

A product of a legislative body, a statute.

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

The process of doing something.

A pickaxe, or mattock.

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

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

A division of a theatrical performance.

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

(countable) A performer or performers in a show.

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

(countable) Any organized activity.

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

(countable) A display of behaviour.

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

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

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

(countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

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

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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.

(intransitive) To do something.

A piece of paper money; a banknote.

To do (something); to perform.

One hundred dollars.

(intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.

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

(intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

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

(intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.

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.

(copulative) To convey an appearance of being.

A set of items presented together.

(intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

To have an effect (on).

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

(transitive) To play (a role).

(obsolete) to peck

(transitive) To feign.

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

To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

To enact; to decree.

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern

A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; - used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.

Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).

A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

One who wields a bill; a billman.

To perform; to execute; to do.

A pickax, or mattock.

To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.

The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.

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.

To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.

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.

To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.

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

To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.

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

To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.

An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

To perform on the stage; to represent a character.

Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.

A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

To strike; to peck.

Something that people do or cause to happen

To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.

A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.

A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

To advertise by a bill or public notice.

A manifestation of insincerity;

To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

A statute in draft before it becomes law;

Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself;

An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

Play a role or part;

A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

Discharge one's duties;

The entertainment offered at a public presentation

Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;

A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

Be suitable for theatrical performance;

An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;

Horny projecting mouth of a bird

Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

Behave unnaturally or affectedly;

A long-handled saw with a curved blade;

Perform on a stage or theater;

A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

Demand payment;

Advertise especially by posters or placards;

Publicize or announce by placards