Heap vs. Piles — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Heap and Piles
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Heap
A group of things placed or thrown, one on top of the other
A heap of dirty rags lying in the corner.
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Piles
A large amount of.
He must earn piles of money.
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Heap
Often heaps(Informal) A great deal; a lot
We have heaps of homework tonight.
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Piles
(pathology) Haemorrhoids.
Many women get piles when pregnant.
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Heap
(Slang) An old or run-down car.
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Piles
The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]
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Heap
To put or throw in a pile
Heaped the clothes on the bed.
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Piles
Pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
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Heap
To fill completely or to overflowing
Heap a plate with vegetables.
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Piles
A large number or amount;
Made lots of new friends
She amassed a mountain of newspapers
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Heap
To bestow in abundance or lavishly
Heaped praise on the rescuers.
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Heap
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
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Heap
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
A heap of earth; a heap of stones
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Heap
A great number or large quantity of things.
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Heap
(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
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Heap
(computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.
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Heap
(colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
My first car was an old heap.
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Heap
(colloquial) A lot, a large amount
Thanks a heap!
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Heap
(transitive) To pile in a heap.
He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
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Heap
(transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
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Heap
(transitive) To supply in great quantity.
They heaped praise upon their newest hero.
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Heap
Very; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans
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Heap
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
The wisdom of a heap of learned men.
A heap of vassals and slaves.
He had heaps of friends.
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Heap
A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble.
A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations.
I have noticed a heap of things in my life.
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Heap
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.
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Heap
To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; - usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though he heap up silver as the dust.
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Heap
To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; - often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
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Heap
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
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Heap
A collection of objects laid on top of each other
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Heap
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty
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Heap
A car that is old and unreliable;
The fenders had fallen off that old bus
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Heap
Bestow in large quantities;
He heaped him with work
She heaped scorn upon him
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Heap
Arrange in stacks;
Heap firewood around the fireplace
Stack your books up on the shelves
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Heap
Fill to overflow;
Heap the platter with potatoes
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