Hill vs. Butte — What's the Difference?

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

In geomorphology, a butte () is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word butte comes from a French word meaning knoll (but of any size); its use is prevalent in the Western United States, including the southwest where mesa (Spanish for "table") is used for the larger landform.

A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.

An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top (similar to but narrower than a mesa).

A small heap, pile, or mound.

A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping or vertical sides and a flat top.

A mound of earth piled around and over a plant.

(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

A plant thus covered.

A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; - applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

An incline, especially of a road; a slope.

A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

Capitol Hill. Often used with the.

A town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

The US Congress. Often used with the.

To form into a hill, pile, or heap.

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

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

A sloping road.

(US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

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

(baseball) The pitcher’s mound.

The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

To form into a heap or mound.

To heap or draw earth around plants.

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

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

A local and well-defined elevation of the land

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

United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

Risque English comedian (1925-1992)

(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

Form into a hill