Difference between Nil and None

What is the difference between Nil and None?

Nil as a noun is nothing. while None as a determiner is not any person: no one, nobody.

Nil

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Nothing. Zero (used especially in soccer scores). The atom representing the empty list. Also means false. See also t.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: No, not any.

None

Part of speech: determiner

Definition: Not any person: no one, nobody.Not any (of previously mentioned things).

Example sentence: None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

We hope you now know whether to use Nil or None in your sentence.

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