Dime vs. Dollar — What's the Difference?

A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.

Dollar (symbol: $) is the name of more than 20 currencies. They include the Australian dollar, Brunei dollar, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Jamaican dollar, Liberian dollar, Namibian dollar, New Taiwan dollar, New Zealand dollar, Singapore dollar, United States dollar, and several others.

(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

See Table at currency.

(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.

A coin or note that is worth one dollar.

(North America) A small amount of money.

Any of various historical silver coins similar to the taler, such as a piece of eight.

An assist.

Money spent or available to be spent

(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.

Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

(slang) Ten dollars.

(by extension) money generally.

(slang) A thousand dollars.

A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.

(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.

Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)

(slang) A ten year prison sentence.

(nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.

(slang) Payment responsibility.

A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains.

A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).

A coin of the same general weight and value as the United States silver dollar, though differing slightly in different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.

(American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in value in different countries, commonly employed in the United States and a number of other countries, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean, Liberia, and several others.

To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

A piece of paper money worth one dollar

A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.

A United States coin worth one dollar;

A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

A symbol of commercialism or greed;

Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars