Difference between Hill and Slope

What is the difference between Hill and Slope?

Hill as a noun is an elevated location smaller than a mountain while Slope as a noun is an area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

Hill

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An elevated location smaller than a mountain A sloping road A heap of earth surrounding a plant The pitcher's mound.

Example sentence: People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!'

Slope

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tend steadily upward or downward.To try to move surreptitiously.To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run). For English units of measurement, when dimensions are given in inches, slope may be expressed as a ratio of rise to run, such as 4:12 or an an angle.A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

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