Hill vs. Bank — What's the Difference?

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit.

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.

A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.

A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds; a heap

A small heap, pile, or mound.

A steep natural incline.

A mound of earth piled around and over a plant.

An artificial embankment.

A plant thus covered.

The slope of land adjoining a body of water, especially adjoining a river, lake, or channel.

An incline, especially of a road; a slope.

A large elevated area of a sea floor.

Capitol Hill. Often used with the.

(Games) The cushion of a billiard or pool table.

The US Congress. Often used with the.

The lateral inward tilting, as of a motor vehicle or an aircraft, in turning or negotiating a curve.

To form into a hill, pile, or heap.

A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged.

To cover (a plant) with a mound of soil.

The offices or building in which such an establishment is located.

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

The funds of a gambling establishment.

A sloping road.

The funds held by a dealer or banker in certain games, especially gambling games.

(US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.

(US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.

A supply or stock for future or emergency use

(baseball) The pitcher’s mound.

(Medicine) A supply of human fluids or tissues, such as blood, sperm, or skin, that is stored in a facility for future use.

The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

A place of safekeeping or storage

To form into a heap or mound.

A set of elevators.

To heap or draw earth around plants.

A row of keys on a keyboard.

A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

A bench for rowers in a galley.

A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.

A row of oars in a galley.

To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

(Printing) The lines of type under a headline.

A local and well-defined elevation of the land

To border or protect with a ridge or embankment.

Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones;

To pile up; amass

United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

To cover (a fire), as with ashes or fresh fuel, to ensure continued low burning.

Risque English comedian (1925-1992)

To construct with a slope rising to the outside edge

(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight.

Form into a hill

To tilt (a motor vehicle) laterally and inwardly when negotiating a curve.

(Games) To strike (a billiard ball) so that it rebounds from the cushion of the table.

(Sports) To play (a ball or puck) in such a way as to make it glance off a surface, such as a backboard or wall.

To rise in or take the form of a bank.

To tilt an aircraft or a motor vehicle laterally when turning.

To deposit in a bank.

To store for future use.

To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account.

To operate a bank.

To arrange or set up in a row

(countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

(countable) A branch office of such an institution.

(countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.

(countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

Money; profit.

(countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

(countable) A device used to store coins or currency.

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

(rail) An incline, a hill.

A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.

(mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.

(mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

(mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

(computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.

(pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

A bench or seat for judges in court.

The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc

A kind of table used by printers.

(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

(uncountable) slang for money

(intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

(transitive) To put into a bank.

To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

(transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

(transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

(transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

(transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

To pass by the banks of.

To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.

To arrange or order in a row.

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.

The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.

An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.

The face of the coal at which miners are working.

The lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.

A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.

The tilt of a roadway or railroad, at a curve in the road, designed to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of overturning during a turn.

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

A sort of table used by printers.

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.

The building or office used for banking purposes.

A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a joint stock or capital.

The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.

In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw; in Monopoly, the fund of money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which they pay fines.

A place where something is stored and held available for future use;

To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.

To pass by the banks of.

To build (a roadway or railroad) with an inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked at the curves.

To deposit in a bank.

To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.

To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.

To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; - said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.

A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);

A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

A building in which commercial banking is transacted;

An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;

A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;

A long ridge or pile;

The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;

A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);

Tip laterally;

Enclose with a bank;

Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;

Act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Be in the banking business

Put into a bank account;

Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;

Have confidence or faith in;