Difference between Bill and Placard

What is the difference between Bill and Placard?

Bill as a verb is to dig, chop, etc., with a bill. while Placard as a verb is to affix a placard to.

Bill

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To dig, chop, etc., with a bill. To peck. To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness. To advertise by a bill or public notice. To charge; to send a bill to.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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. 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. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. Somebody armed with a bill; a bill-man. The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal. A beak-like projection, especially a promontory. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.) A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.) A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law. 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. A piece of paper money; a banknote. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice. 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 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.

Example sentence: Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.

Placard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To affix a placard to.

We hope you now know whether to use Bill or Placard in your sentence.

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