Hill vs. Butte

Hillnoun

An elevated location smaller than a mountain.

Hillnoun

A sloping road.

Hillnoun

(US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

Hillnoun

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

Hillnoun

(baseball) The pitcher’s mound.

Hillverb

To form into a heap or mound.

Hillverb

To heap or draw earth around plants.

Hillnoun

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.

Hillnoun

The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.

Hillnoun

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.

Hillverb

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

Hillnoun

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

Hillnoun

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

Hillnoun

United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

Hillnoun

risque English comedian (1925-1992)

Hillnoun

(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

Hillverb

form into a hill

Hill

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

Buttenoun

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

Buttenoun

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.

Buttenoun

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

Buttenoun

a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

Buttenoun

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

Butte

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 ) is used for the larger landform.