Nil vs. Til — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nil and Til
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Nil
Nothing; zero.
Til
See sesame.
Nil
Nothing; zero.
Til
Until.
Nil
(sports) A score of zero
The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.
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Til
Until. See Usage Note at till2.
Nil
No, not any.
Til
(colloquial) until, till
Nil
Will not.
Til
(colloquial) until, till
Nil
Nothing; of no account; worthless; - a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
Til
(archaic) ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until
Nil
A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero.
Til
Sesame (plant)
Nil
A quantity of no importance;
It looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Reduced to nil all the work we had done
We racked up a pathetic goose egg
It was all for naught
I didn't hear zilch about it
Til
A species of tree in the Lauraceae family, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands; Ocotea foetens.
Til
See Till.
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