Till vs. Tell
Difference Between Till and Tell
Till➦
Till or glacial till is unsorted glacial sediment. Till is derived from the erosion and entrainment of material by the moving ice of a glacier.
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Tell➦
communicate information to someone in spoken or written words
we must be told the facts
‘We have nothing in common,’ she told him
he's telling the truth
I told her you were coming
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Till➦
less formal way of saying until
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Tell➦
decide or determine correctly or with certainty
I couldn't tell if he believed me
you can tell they're in love
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Till➦
less formal way of saying until
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Tell➦
(of an experience or period of time) have a noticeable, typically harmful, effect on someone
the strain of supporting the family was beginning to tell on him
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Till➦
a cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant
there were queues at the till
checkout tills
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Tell➦
count (the members of a group)
the shepherd had told all his sheep
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Till➦
boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets.
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Tell➦
(especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.
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Till➦
prepare and cultivate (land) for crops
no land was being tilled or crops sown
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Tell➦
(in the Middle East) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.
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Till➦
To prepare (land) for the raising of crops, as by plowing and harrowing; cultivate.
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Tell➦
To communicate by speech or writing; express with words
She told him that the store was closed. Tell me the truth.
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Till➦
Until.
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Tell➦
To give a detailed account of; narrate
told what happened.
told us a story.
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Till➦
Until.
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Tell➦
To notify (someone) of something; inform
He told us of his dream to sail around the world.
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Till➦
A drawer, small chest, or compartment for money, as in a store.
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Tell➦
To make known; disclose or reveal
tell a secret.
tell fortunes.
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Till➦
A supply of money; a purse.
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Tell➦
To inform (someone) positively; assure
I tell you, the plan will work.
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Till➦
Glacial drift composed of an unconsolidated, heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders.
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Tell➦
To give instructions to; direct
told the customers to wait in line.
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Till➦
Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
She stayed till the very end.
It's twenty till two. (1:40)
I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.
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Tell➦
To discover by observation; discern
We could tell that he was upset.
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Till➦
To, up to (physically).
They led him till his tent
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Tell➦
To name or number one by one; count
telling one's blessings.
16 windows, all told.
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Till➦
To, toward (in attitude).
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Tell➦
To relate a story or give an account of an event
The sailor told of having been adrift for days.
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Till➦
(dialectal) To make it possible that.
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Tell➦
To reveal something that is not supposed to be revealed, especially something that someone has done wrong
She promised not to tell on her friend.
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Till➦
Until, until the time that.
Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
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Tell➦
To have an effect or impact
In this game every move tells.
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Till➦
A cash register.
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Tell➦
An unintentional or unconsciously exhibited behavior that reveals or betrays one's state of mind, as when playing poker.
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Till➦
A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
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Tell➦
A mound, especially in the Middle East, made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements.
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Till➦
The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
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Tell➦
To count, reckon, or enumerate.
All told, there were over a dozen.
Can you tell time on a clock?
He had untold wealth.
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Till➦
(obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.
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Tell➦
To narrate.
I want to tell a story;
I want to tell you a story.
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Till➦
glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
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Tell➦
To convey by speech; to say.
Finally, someone told him the truth.
He seems to like to tell lies.
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Till➦
(dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
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Tell➦
(transitive) To instruct or inform.
Please tell me how to do it.
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Till➦
A vetch; a tare.
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Tell➦
(transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
Tell him to go away.
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Till➦
(transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
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Tell➦
To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance?
No, there's no way to tell.
I can tell you're upset.
An expert can tell an original from a forgery.
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Till➦
(transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
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Tell➦
(transitive) To reveal.
Time will tell what became of him.
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Till➦
(intransitive) To cultivate soil.
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Tell➦
(intransitive) To be revealed.
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Till➦
(obsolete) To prepare; to get.
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Tell➦
(intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
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Till➦
A vetch; a tare.
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Tell➦
To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
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Till➦
A drawer.
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Tell➦
To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
I saw you steal those sweets! I'm telling!
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Till➦
A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; - sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.
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Tell➦
To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.
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Till➦
A kind of coarse, obdurate land.
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Tell➦
A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
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Till➦
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; - now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.
He . . . came till an house.
Women, up till thisCramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo.
Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings - all through them till the very end.
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Tell➦
(archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
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Till➦
As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.
And said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God.
There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived.
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Tell➦
(internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
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Till➦
To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.
No field nolde [would not] tilye.
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
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Tell➦
(archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
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Till➦
To prepare; to get.
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Tell➦
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
He telleth the number of the stars.
Tell the joints of the body.
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Till➦
To cultivate land.
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Tell➦
To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
Of which I shall tell all the array.
And not a man appears to tell their fate.
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Till➦
unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
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Tell➦
To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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Till➦
a treasury for government funds
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Tell➦
To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
A secret pilgrimage,That you to-day promised to tell me of?
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Till➦
a strongbox for holding cash
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Tell➦
To order; to request; to command.
He told her not to be frightened.
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Till➦
work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation;
till the soil
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Tell➦
To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
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To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
I ne told no dainity of her love.
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To give an account; to make report.
That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
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Tell➦
To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
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Tell➦
That which is told; tale; account.
I am at the end of my tell.
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Tell➦
A hill or mound.
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Tell➦
a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
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Tell➦
express in words;
He said that he wanted to marry her
tell me what is bothering you
state your opinion
state your name
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Tell➦
let something be known;
Tell them that you will be late
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Tell➦
narrate or give a detailed account of;
Tell what happened
The father told a story to his child
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Tell➦
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;
I said to him to go home
She ordered him to do the shopping
The mother told the child to get dressed
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Tell➦
discern or comprehend;
He could tell that she was unhappy
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Tell➦
inform positively and with certainty and confidence;
I tell you that man is a crook!
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give evidence;
he was telling on all his former colleague
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mark as different;
We distinguish several kinds of maple
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