Billet vs. Ingot — What's the Difference?

A billet is a living-quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep. Historically, a billet was a private dwelling that was required to accept the soldier.

An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. In steelmaking, it is the first step among semi-finished casting products.

Lodging for troops.

A mass of metal, such as a bar or block, that is cast in a standard shape for convenient storage or shipment.

A written order directing that such lodging be provided.

A casting mold for metal.

A position of employment; a job.

A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

(Archaic) A short letter; a note.

(transitive) To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.

A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.

That in which metal is cast; a mold.

One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used as an ornamental motif on moldings in Norman architecture.

A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.

A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.

A block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling

A small ingot of nonferrous metal.

The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.

A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.

To lodge (soldiers).

To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.

To assign lodging to.

To be quartered; lodge.

A short informal letter.

A written order to quarter soldiers.

A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.

A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.

Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.

An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.

(figurative) Berth; position.

(metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.

A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.

A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.

(heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.

(architectural element) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.

(saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.

A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.

To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.

To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.

(transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.

Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig.

A small stick of wood, as for firewood.

A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.

An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

A strap which enters a buckle.

A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.

To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.

A short personal letter;

Lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

A job in an organization;

Provide housing for (military personnel)