Difference between Billet and Note

What is the difference between Billet and Note?

Billet as a verb is to lodge soldiers, usually by order while Note as a verb is to notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed

Billet

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to lodge soldiers, usually by order to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon

Note

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heedTo record in writing; to make a memorandum of.To denote; to designateTo annotateTo set down in musical characters.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Use.Utility, profit, advantage.Affair, matter, concern.An event, occasion.Business, usually needful in nature; Expedition, undertaking, enterprise.Need. —Chaucer.Conflict; Fray.A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.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.A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.A short informal letter; a billet.A diplomatic missive or written communication.A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.A piece of paper money; a banknote.A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.A key of the piano or organ.Observation; notice; heed.Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

Example sentence: The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.

We hope you now know whether to use Billet or Note in your sentence.

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