Note vs. Bill — What's the Difference?

A brief record, especially one written down to aid the memory

An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.

A comment or explanation, as on a passage in a text

A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.

A brief informal letter

The entertainment offered by a theater.

A formal written diplomatic or official communication.

A public notice, such as an advertising poster.

A piece of paper currency.

A piece of legal paper money

A debt security, usually with a maturity of ten years or less.

(Slang) One hundred dollars.

A promissory note.

A bill of exchange.

A tone of definite pitch.

(Obsolete) A promissory note.

A symbol for such a tone, indicating pitch by its position on the staff and duration by its shape.

A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.

A key of an instrument, such as a piano.

The law enacted from such a draft

The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal

A document containing the formal statement of a case in equity; a complaint seeking equitable relief.

The sign of a particular quality or emotion

An indictment or charge in an indictment against an accused person.

A distinctive component of a complex flavor or aroma

A structure projecting from the head of a bird, consisting of the jaws and their horny covering and including the upper and lower mandibles; a beak.

Importance; consequence

A similar horny mouth part, such as that of a turtle.

Notice; observation

The visor of a cap.

(Obsolete) A song, melody, or tune.

(Nautical)The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

To observe carefully; notice

A billhook.

A symbol or annotation.

A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.

A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

To present a statement of costs or charges to.

A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.

A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.

A written or printed communication or commitment.

To declare or describe officially; proclaim

A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

To touch beaks together.

A short informal letter; a billet.

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

(academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

A diplomatic missive or written communication.

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

(finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment

A pickaxe, or mattock.

(obsolete) A list of items or of charges; an account.

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

A piece of paper money; a banknote.

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

(extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

(music) A sound.

Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

(by extension) A key of the piano or organ.

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

(by extension) A call or song of a bird.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

(uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.

A piece of paper money; a banknote.

(uncountable) Reputation; distinction.

One hundred dollars.

A critical comment.

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

(obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

(obsolete) Mark of disgrace.

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document; a bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.

A set of items presented together.

The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

(transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

(obsolete) to peck

(transitive) To denote; to designate.

To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

(transitive) To annotate.

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

(transitive) To set down in musical characters.

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

To butt; to push with the horns.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern

To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; - used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.

To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.

To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.

One who wields a bill; a billman.

To denote; to designate.

A pickax, or mattock.

To annotate.

The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

To set down in musical characters.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

Know not; knows not.

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document.

Nut.

A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

Need; needful business.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.

A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.

A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

To strike; to peck.

A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.

Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.

To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.

A short informal letter; a billet.

To advertise by a bill or public notice.

A diplomatic missive or written communication.

To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.

A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

A statute in draft before it becomes law;

A list of items or of charges; an account.

An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:

A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

Observation; notice; heed.

The entertainment offered at a public presentation

Notification; information; intelligence.

A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

State of being under observation.

An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

Horny projecting mouth of a bird

Stigma; brand; reproach.

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

A short personal letter;

A long-handled saw with a curved blade;

A brief written record;

A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

A characteristic emotional quality;

Demand payment;

A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

Advertise especially by posters or placards;

A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;

Publicize or announce by placards

A comment or instruction (usually added);

High status importance owing to marked superiority;

A tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling;

A promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time;

Make mention of;

Notice or perceive;

Observe with care or pay close attention to;

Make a written note of;